[myWindoonn]

At least non-free licensing gives us an easy way to tell which software is not worth using. It's funny how these recent packages in the news all have FLOSS alternatives:

* Mongo? Why not Pg?

* GitLab? Why not Fossil?

* Redis? Why not better architecture?

* Vespene? Why not Nix tools?

You may see each of these as flamebait. I see each of these as a discussion that, here on HN, usually ends in stalemate. What I'm suggesting, then, is that we simply allow these package authors to tip the scales decisively for us: Reject non-FLOSS and the path is clear.

[vorpalhex]

Mongo and PG are not quite alternatives. That make different kinds of consistency promises. One FOSS alternative to Mongo that offers similar consistency behaviors is RethinkDB.

An alternative to Redis if you don't need persistence is plain old Memcache.

[icebraining]

Redis is still pure FOSS (BSD licensed). Only the extra modules got the license change.