While MySQL AB CEO Mickos is in no hurry to adopt the GPLv3 (see blog post), SugarCRM just announced (press release) at OSBC 2007 that it would adopting the GPLv3 as a replacement to its Sugar Public License, a variant of the Mozilla Public License with an attribution clause. This change applies the company’s release of Sugar Community Edition 5.0 and future releases. Does this mean that SugarCRM is abandoning the attribution clause within the new license? Nope. The GPLv3 allows for the inclusion of an attribution clause in the appendices.

Why would SugarCRM pursue this move? It may see this move as an opportuity to align itself more closely with Open Souce Initiative (OSI). SugarCRM has been taking a …