[diggan]

Was FoundationDB a CNCF project at the time of acquisition, or in some similar incubator/umbrella? Besides, seems FoundationDB was open sourced after Apple acquired it, wouldn't mean FoundationDB get more open after the acquisition? Although development stalled no matter what so maybe doesn't matter.

[aseipp]

FoundationDB development has not stalled; v8 is still on the way. If anything, it's mostly just been stable for a while now, and it has now been developed as open source longer than it existed as closed source.

[limagnolia]

Right, FoundationDB wasn't even open source when Apple acquired them. The FoundationDB story is a prime example of why it is important to use open source technologies for foundational infrastructure.

[halestock]

It was independent (I think it predates the CNCF actually), but was acquired by Apple in 2015 and disappeared until it was open sourced in 2018.