MariaDB again faces questions over Galera's open source future
In March, MariaDB, the company behind the database forked from MySQL, reversed course and announced that MariaDB Community Server 12.3 would continue to include the Galera Cluster libraries. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Galera is GPLv2-licensed database clustering technology created by Codership Oy, which MariaDB plc acquired in May 2025. Developers had previously noticed the clustering libraries were being removed from future versions of MariaDB Community Server, the open source database stewarded by the MariaDB Foundation.
- ▪In March, MariaDB, the company behind the database forked from MySQL, reversed course and announced that MariaDB Community Server 12.3 would continue to include the Galera Cluster libraries.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Galera is GPLv2-licensed database clustering technology created by Codership Oy, which MariaDB plc acquired in May 2025.
- ▪Developers had previously noticed the clustering libraries were being removed from future versions of MariaDB Community Server, the open source database stewarded by the MariaDB Foundation.
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