[pdubs]

The main issue is that most companies won't spend the time or money to do a full legal analysis and simply don't allow AGPL to be used in projects.

[oh_well]

I agree. I think the AGPL license perceived risk played a significant role in RethinkDB's lack of user acceptance.

[Posibyte]

Can you explain your reasonings as to why you believe this? Also, can you explain how this perceived risk didn't apply to other products such as MongoDB?

[brianwawok]

I know of several fortune 500 companies that blanket ban AGPL. It's not just about the intent of the license. These multi million dollar lawyers can not agree beyond a shadow of a doubt AGPL is safe.

[oldmanjay]

I would half seriously posit that people who are using MongoDB in their software are not really all that risk-averse in the first place