[Jedd]

> MariaDB's eponymously named open-source software ...

I'm sure they meant 'eponymous open-sourced', as named is implicit in the meaning of that word, but I'm less confident whether an eponym can be granted based on a familial naming attribution?

A few years ago I had a weird exchange with someone on these forums who enlightened me about the maxscale licence change, and identified this as a key turning point (not in a good way) for the MariaDB community's shift in attitude. [0]

I grew up with MySQL, even met Monty one time at a London meetup, moved to MariaDB at the appropriate time (around when Debian switched over), but have since embraced the joy of PostgreSQL (mostly because that's what we use at work). Not that PostgreSQL is without architecture / licensing complexities on the HA front.

[0] https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109213/open-source-uproar...

[seanhunter]

They’re saying the database has the same name as the company, not anything to do with the familial naming connection.

[Jedd]

Ah, that's what they were comparing - thanks, I missed that entirely. Given My and Maria are his kids names I'd jumped to that interpretation.

[satvikpendem]

That's what eponym means, hence what the grandparent said.