Visvanath Ratnaweera

Hi you both

Thanks, that is a relief. The point is, Moodle core on Github is not the original, it is just a backup. Being GPL there is no problem people copying code (in fact it is encouraged).

May be I am still allergic (or have developed a PTSD) from the days that the soft spoken CEO of Microsoft went ranting "Linux is cancer!" (meaning the GPL). I don't understand why they now spread the same cancer. What happened to their own Open Source Hub https://opensourcehub.microsoft.com/ ? On the surface it looks like they are embracing FOSS, for example https://open.microsoft.com/. But the oldies haven't forgotten their EEE warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish.

Here is the backlash, as expected:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/18/06/04/0935200/microsofts-interest-in-buying-github-draws-backlash-from-developers

How do the owners of Moodle feel about Microsoft taking care of their code?

Run 'git clone https://github.com/moodle/moodle.git' and you'll get the code straight from Microsoft:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/18/06/04/1314247/microsoft-acquires-github-for-75b !!!

Wonderful quote:
"It was a perfect lesson on why IT staff and management should not be the people to make decisions about education."

So, it is a global problem? For Moodlers even more important than the global warming, I'd say.

No errors with this?

$ mysql -u moodle_db_user -p

[password]

mysql> use moodle_db;

As Howard mentioned 'ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . *' is unnecessary. (The blanks around the dot are typos, right?)