ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by superq » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 12:03 AM UTC

ScyllaDB no longer open source
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Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by superq » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 12:03 AM UTC

> ScyllaDB OSS AGPL 6.2 will stand as the final OSS AGPL release... A free tier of the full-featured ScyllaDB Enterprise will be available.

I wonder if this means YDB (from the devs of Clickhouse) will get some traction (https://ydb.tech/) or if there are other massive scale scylladb-types of DB's out there.

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 12:06 AM UTC

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Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by gnabgib » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 12:27 AM UTC

Discussion (64 points, 6 days ago, 27 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42457680

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by superq » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 12:47 AM UTC

gnabgib wrote: post #4

Discussion (64 points, 6 days ago, 27 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42457680

I'm surprised it didn't get more upvotes, but probably because most people missed it at this time of year. (I did the first time too)

I found it kinda surprising (it's kinda tough when a primary DB choice is no longer open source!), although not that surprising given the fact that this keeps happening to VC-backed DB startups.

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by flaptrap » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 1:08 AM UTC

[from the FAQs] Where can I find the source code?

The source code will be available at https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb. Commit notes and comments will also be available in the same repo.

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by debarshri » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 6:07 AM UTC

superq wrote: post #2

> ScyllaDB OSS AGPL 6.2 will stand as the final OSS AGPL release... A free tier of the full-featured ScyllaDB Enterprise will be available. I wonder if this means YDB (from the devs of Clickhouse) will get some traction ( https://ydb.tech/ ) or if there are other massive scale scylladb-types of DB's out there.

Is ydb same as yugabyte?

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by kstrauser » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 6:26 AM UTC

It’s always kind of a relief when I can completely remove something from my long list of things to check out. Life’s too short to bother with proprietary platforms. A closed source database? Hah, no.

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by winrid » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 6:27 AM UTC

debarshri wrote: post #7

superq wrote: post #2

> ScyllaDB OSS AGPL 6.2 will stand as the final OSS AGPL release... A free tier of the full-featured ScyllaDB Enterprise will be available. I wonder if this means YDB (from the devs of Clickhouse) will get some traction ( https://ydb.tech/ ) or if there are other massive scale scylladb-types of DB's out there.

Is ydb same as yugabyte?

It seems like it stands for Yandex DB?

Re: ScyllaDB no longer open source

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Post by anonzzzies » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 6:30 AM UTC

It saved us continuing our evaluation of it when our sales contact told us. Our company has a strict nope on basic infra licenses; closed is not an option. We need to be able to switch (and test everything all the time on the open version if we use binaries). We have been building software for over 35 years now and we have been bitten too many times.