Question

MySQL is freely available and is open source.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in a job interview.

My question comes from Basic Database Terminology in section General MySQL Use of MySQL

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

The explanation is: MySQL is free and open source. It’s source code is available for use and is freely downloadable. It includes the MySQL Server, the world’s most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.