I saw this, when I was there in MySql.com to download  .NET connector. They want to stop patenting the software......  I hope this is posible if the whole patent system in the world is abolished. IT (Software is not the only Industy using Patents) MySql AB & Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)  are visible infront. http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/index.html