Michael "Monty" Widenius, the creator of MySQL, is asking you urgently to help save MySQL from Oracle’s clutches. Without your immediate help Oracle might get to own MySQL any day now. By writing to the European Commission (EC) you can support this cause and help secure the future development of the product MySQL as an Open Source project.
The open source database system, which powers millions of websites across the Internet, was sold to Sun in 2008 for $1 billion. However, when Sun recently got into financial difficulties they became the subject of a $7.4 billlion takeover by Oracle.