DuckLake

DuckLake is an open-source project developed by DuckLabs, the company behind the analytical database DuckDB. Think of it like putting a well-organized index card on a giant warehouse instead of just piling things up inside — it's a tool that helps organize and manage large amounts of scattered data storage, making it easier to find and work with.

DuckLake forms the so-called 'Duck Stack' together with DuckDB and Quack, and all three are released under the MIT license, a free and open set of rules. Even if DuckLabs becomes part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the intellectual property rights for these open-source components will continue to be managed by the nonprofit DuckDB Foundation rather than the company itself. In other words, even if the company's ownership changes, DuckLake itself will remain freely available for anyone to use.

The article mentions things like "they've also been developing projects called DuckLake and Quack" and "the open-source components of the 'Duck Stack,' including DuckDB, DuckLake, and Quack, will continue to be released under the MIT license." Contrary to a common misconception, DuckLake is not AWS's own product — it's an open-source project created by DuckLabs, and it will continue to be managed by the nonprofit foundation regardless of the company joining AWS.