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I guess i don't fully understand the distinction. So the company is going down, but the open source org is still alive. Did the company do most of the developme

I guess i don't fully understand the distinction. So the company is going down, but the open source org is still alive. Did the company do most of the development? If they did was that development available to people using it 'for free'? Why was there a company in the first place, you'd think it would be hard to make money betting on a single open source database. My only interaction with MariaDB was picking it from a list of possible RDS images because the description basically said, "MySQL but better". Since i was paying AWS to run that service, was there money going to the MariaDB corporation? Or was AWS using the free open source one and pocketing the cash. I'm definitely out of my depth here

that_guy_iain 4y ago
I think MariaDB the company did the support contracts, probably funded some development, and had some commerical products. They had some of their own products because they created the Business Source License[1] where code becomes open-source after three years. [1] - https://mariadb.com/bsl11/ https://mariadb.com/bsl11/
adduc 4y ago
MariaDB Plc. appears to be the top contributor to MariaDB's codebase (81.9% of commits since the beginning of 2020)[0]. [0]: https://mariadb.org/mariadb-contribution-statistics-march-2023/ https://mariadb.org/mariadb-contribution-statistics-march-20...
- tomxor 4y ago
  > MariaDB Plc. appears to be the top contributor to MariaDB's codebase (81.9% of commits since the beginning of 2020)[0]. For context MariaDB existed before 2020, Before the Plc, since 2009, and will continue to exist after.
madeofpalk 4y ago
Does the original creator have a third kid to name the next fork after?
- wayne 4y ago
  You mean 4? The second kid's name was used for MaxDB, which is used in the SAP world. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius
alienzx 4y ago
aws doesnt pay them shit

that_guy_iain 4y ago

I think MariaDB the company did the support contracts, probably funded some development, and had some commerical products. They had some of their own products because they created the Business Source License[1] where code becomes open-source after three years. [1] - https://mariadb.com/bsl11/ https://mariadb.com/bsl11/

adduc 4y ago

MariaDB Plc. appears to be the top contributor to MariaDB's codebase (81.9% of commits since the beginning of 2020)[0]. [0]: https://mariadb.org/mariadb-contribution-statistics-march-2023/ https://mariadb.org/mariadb-contribution-statistics-march-20...

tomxor 4y ago
> MariaDB Plc. appears to be the top contributor to MariaDB's codebase (81.9% of commits since the beginning of 2020)[0]. For context MariaDB existed before 2020, Before the Plc, since 2009, and will continue to exist after.

madeofpalk 4y ago

Does the original creator have a third kid to name the next fork after?

wayne 4y ago
You mean 4? The second kid's name was used for MaxDB, which is used in the SAP world. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius

alienzx 4y ago

aws doesnt pay them shit