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How is MySQL not OSS?

• snuxoll 7y ago
  There’s MySQL EE and the CLA that allows it to exist, I guess.
• cogman10 7y ago
  It is somewhat split. Not all MySQL features are open source (enterprise edition feature). Postgres is completely open source.
  • jabl 7y ago
    Well, yeah, but then there's stuff like enterprisedb which is postgresql + some proprietary stuff on top, and the company employs some of the postgresql core developers. So in some sense it's "PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition" in all but name. I believe Citus DB(?) is something similar.
    • e12e 7y ago
      > I believe Citus DB(?) is something similar. "Citus Unforks From PostgreSQL, Goes Open Source" https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/03/24/citus-unforks-goes-open-source/ https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/03/24/citus-unforks-goes... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11353322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11353322 As for mysql - I don't know why anyone wouldn't prefer mariadb - but I suppose it's conceivable mysql has features that makes it worth dealing with oracle licensing. But I doubt it.