It does not make sense for Oracle to try that. MariaDB demonstrates there is enough support to sustain a DB that is MySQL but without Oracle. They'd have to be

It does not make sense for Oracle to try that. MariaDB demonstrates there is enough support to sustain a DB that is MySQL but without Oracle. They'd have to be dumb not to expect another MariaDB to spring up after the hypothetical takeover. Not that the takeover is feasible, as the other answers point out.