Why MariaDB is a community open project?

The main reason for its community open source because this company is run by a non-profit organization.
All the code in MariaDB is provided in open source. No code is closed expected to release by this foundation
There are a lot of companies and member who meet the criteria of MariaDB. The companies and the individual who meet its criteria are also eligible to commit rights to its codebase.
There are a few limited restrictions to those people who contribute articles otherwise everyone is free from restriction.
It just handles the brand label and the rest of the rights are given to the others.

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