Tech war: Chinese database software vendor shrugs off sanctions risk on using open-source code from Oracle’s MySQL system

Beijing Wanli Open Source Software and parent Troy Information Technology assert that GreatDB database system does not face the risk of sanctions. GreatDB’s core technology was developed independently in China, according to the two companies. — SCMP

A Chinese software vendor has brushed aside speculation that its enterprise product, which uses code from Oracle Corp’s MySQL open-source relational database management system, faces the risk of sanctions amid simmering tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Beijing Wanli Open Source Software Co recently indicated that its open-source database system GreatDB, used by major state-owned firms like China Mobile and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, is not threatened by sanctions or suspensions because the core technology was developed independently, according to the company’s WeChat post last Monday.