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Oracle promises to open up MySQL governance, but the community wants guarantees
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Open source advocates remain concerned over lack of binding commitments.
Key facts
- Stronger governance gives the MySQL community clearer ways to participate and accelerate innovation while preserving the quality, security, and compatibility users expect," said Jason Wilcox, senior
- The initial steering committee will include cloud giants Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Oracle, with additional perspectives from as-yet-unnamed users of MySQL
- The team are continuing to expand opportunities for engagement through public roadmap discussions, Contributor Summits, GitHub-based collaboration, Early Access releases, technical design conversations
- In September last year, Oracle made "widespread layoffs" across its core MySQL development team
Summary
Oracle has promised a new phase in its custodianship of MySQL following the creation of a lobby group concerned about its future independence and long-term development. A new governance model, a new steering committee, and support for the MySQL community are among the measures Big Red announced for the open source database whose intellectual property it owns. However, a co-founder of the OurSQL Foundation, an independent organization claiming to represent the interests of MySQL users and developers, says Oracle has yet to make binding commitments about the database's future governance and management. This week, Oracle said it was "taking the next step" in terms of transparency in MySQL development and engagement with its wider community. "Their goal is simple: accelerate innovation and contributions, make it easier for the community to participate meaningfully in the evolution of MySQL, and grow the MySQL Ecosystem.