MySQL is a RDBMS - relational database management system - that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.The MySQL is licensed under the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietaryagreements.
MySQL was owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish companyMySQL AB, now owned by Oracle Corporation.
For more info please check the Wikipedia web page athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL
