MaxDB back to SAP, away from Mysql AB

Mysql had acquired full commercial rights to develop and market SAP DB in may 2003, and subsequently renamed is MaxDB.

MaxDB is now returning to SAP, to "unify the product’s development, distribution and support under one organization", while Mysql will optimise their own database server for SAP. MaxDB is powering SAP Business ByDesign.

MaxDB was available under GPL with commercial options available (from SAP for SAP-related applications, from Mysql for others). There's no mention of the GPL license on SAP's MaxDB website , and it's not clear from their FAQ if they want to keep it under the GPL, and it doesn't seem they accept external contributions to the codebase. From their FAQ:

• Who owns MaxDB? That's SAP
• Who develops MaxDB? That's SAP. There's a group of 120 developers within SAP working on MaxDB, SAP liveCache technology and liveCache applications. There are no contributions from 3rd parties.