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Is MySQL Slowly Turning Closed Source?

Posted by timothy on from the seems-like-a-reasonable-suspicion dept.

mpol writes "Sergei from MariaDB speculated on some changes within MySQL 5.5.27. It seems new testcases aren't included with MySQL any more, which leaves developers depending on it in the cold. 'Does this mean that test cases are no longer open source? Oracle did not reply to my question. But indeed, there is evidence that this guess is true. For example, this commit mail shows that new test cases, indeed, go in this "internal" directory, which is not included in the MySQL source distribution.' On a similar note, updates for the version history on Launchpad are not being updated anymore. What is Oracle's plan here? And is alienating the developer community just not seen as a problem at Oracle?"

3 of 336 comments (clear)

  1. Fuck all of you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Open Sores is for LOSERS

    Lots of Love,
    Oracle

  2. Oracle is spending the money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and MariaDB developers are benefiting from it.

    So the developers of MariaDB, who don't contribute a dime to MySQL are mad that the test cases are not included. What about actually spending some of your own money and time to tests the code you are ripping-off from? (legally).

    I'm not a big fan of Oracle ... but they are the ones investing on the software and are the owners of the IP. So they have the right to say what is released and what is not. Just because the developers of MariaDB are lazy does not mean that they have the right to complain. After all they are living off the work of others while adding barely nothing to the re-branded product.

  3. Re:Just use Postgresql by shaitand · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sorry but this crap is extremely annoying. Every MySQL story brings out hundreds of trolls saying we should all use Postgresql and there are another million trolls with mod points to mod them up.

    Every "use postgresql" comment has deserved -1 redundant for the past several years. Some people actually prefer MySQL and anyone who knows about MySQL also knows about postgresql so stfu already.