EZEQUIAS Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 A few years ago the free database system best known by developers was purchased by Oracle company, it continues for free, however I wonder if it is still considered free software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisTex Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 The "freely downloadable Community Edition" would be considered free and is still available under the GPL license. All of the other versions come with support and are not free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted March 16, 2018 Administrators Share Posted March 16, 2018 I think once Oracle bought them they started sliding downhill and not keeping it updated like they promised during the transition. A lot of people have moved to MariaDB including myself which is a fork of MySQL so I still reference it as "MySQL". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EfficientNinja Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I think it's still free. I'm using MySQL and the MySQL Workbench application to help create and manage my databases. MySQL is also bundled with development tools like WAMP and XAMPP so I think it's safe to say it is still free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallet Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 That is true Oracle company bought it but the software is still free good for purchase because it boosts your business agility and reduces costs. No cost, great features, management tools, it worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyone01 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 If they have been to terminate the community version, clients might transfer to MariaDB or PostgreSQL or MongoDB or some thing else, after which Oracle might lose their “upsell” possibility for MySQL organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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