Question Re: Is Maxdb closed source now? in Technology Q&A

Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:59:32 GMT

I noticed that after the termination of the agreement between SAP and MySQL, the source code for MaxDB seems unavailable. Is MaxDB now closed source/proprietary?

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

markus_doehr2 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:22:55 GMT

I think so (but I don´t know exactly).

We were running an in-house application on Solaris x86 (32bit) for what I was building binaries using the CVS repository. One day, the distribution of the 7.6 version stopped, 7.5 and the buildtools are still available on CVS but 7.6 is not.

I think the latest available 7.6 version is 7.6.0.36 (or 37).

I believe they changed the license back from GPL to some non open source license. Maybe someone from the MaxDB team can give a statement on this.

Markus

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:05:35 GMT

to my best knowledge SAP took over (again) the development of MAX DB

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:11:59 GMT

I hope there would be some way to get a definitive answer to this question. Perhaps someone from SAP will have a chance to respond.

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:14:37 GMT

"In October 2007, SAP assumed full sales and support for MaxDB. MaxDB 7.6 is now closed source, and available free of charge for non-SAP applications. There is no commercial support available"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxDB

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:15:36 GMT

fyi

/people/joerg.hoffmeister/blog/2007/10/05/maxdb-back-under-the-sap-roof

Re: Is Maxdb closed source now?

Former Member — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:52:38 GMT

Thank you for pointing out this information.

I think this is a very sad development, and I hope SAP might

choose to explain itself regarding this.