Worried about the free/open database MySQL now that Oracle owns Sun (who bought out MySQL)? So are a lot of open database hackers, who've formed the Open Database Alliance to create a community-run foundation to oversee free MySQL development and releases:
The intent of the Open Database Alliance is to unify all MySQL-related development and services, providing a solution to the fragmentation and uncertainty facing the communities, businesses and technical experts involved with MySQL. Still under development, the Open Database Alliance is open to all businesses, organizations and individuals interested in helping create a new, centralized resource for MySQL and to ensure that it remains a top quality, high performance open source database.
Monty Program Ab, founded by Monty Widenius, the "father" of the MySQL database, and Percona, established by MySQL expert Peter Zaitsev, are the founding members of the Open Database Alliance. Monty Program is currently the primary developer of MariaDB, a branch of the MySQL database that includes all major open source storage engines, including the Maria transactional storage engine.
Welcome to the Open Database Alliance.
Open Database Alliance hedges against Oracle plans for MySQL
