YugabyteDB version 1.3 is now available, with all enterprise features moved to open source under the Apache 2.0 license. This change aims to realize the company's vision of becoming the Oracle for the modern cloud. The new release includes significant updates such as distributed backups and restore, TLS encryption, data at rest encryption, read replicas, and other upcoming features like Change Data Capture and 2 Data Center Deployments. Yugabyte Platform, a commercial product offering an advanced private DB-as-a-Service, now has its source code available on GitHub under the Polyform Free Trial 1.0 license. Additionally, early access to Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed cloud offering on AWS and Google Cloud Platform, is now available for interested users. Other notable developments include YSQL's release candidacy from Beta 3 status, with plans for its general availability as part of YugabyteDB version 2.0, and ongoing work on ecosystem integrations such as GraphQL support and better support for Spring developers.