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by PeterZaitsev 1157 days ago
"You can do so as soon as you open source infrastructure" is impractical and misleading. It is very likely part of infrastructure will be commercially licensed so even if one would want to open source it, it would not be possible.

MongoDB Specifically switches from Open Source License to SSPL to create monopoly in DBaaS Space. IT is business decision so lets not pretend here.

If you look at Real Open Source software it is created for cooperation and innovation together, not monopoly.
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vrtx0 1157 days ago
Er, if you develop the infrastructure to host MongoDB, you should absolutely be able to open-source that infrastructure. I mean, before MongoDB, I wrote a cluster management system for virtualized software security and hypervisor research, and all of it was either open source or something I wrote…

Also, if you bought something closed-source to sell MongoDB as a service, why isn’t it realistic to buy a license?

Your suggestion of a monopoly in the DBaaS space seems to preclude the existence of other databases… Or am I misunderstanding?

I’m not sure what you mean by “IT is a business decision” — could you elaborate?

-edit- P.S. I’m trying to be supportive here; not trying to take anything away from what you’ve built with FerretDB! Honestly, there’s room for so room for innovation in this domain, and it’s nice to see new projects…

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zokier 1157 days ago
> Also, if you bought something closed-source to sell MongoDB as a service, why isn’t it realistic to buy a license?

Lets say you are running your infra on any cloud provider. Do you think its realistic to get them to hand out their source code?

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vrtx0 1157 days ago
The cloud provider wouldn’t have to, if you are the one running your infra. The SSPL restrictions only apply to businesses that offer MongoDB as a service.

In fact, you can build a similar service and offer it within your organization (and subsidiaries), and you still don’t have to release anything. The license only applies to companies like Amazon if they offer MongoDB as their own service (DocumentDB).

I know that’s a bit tangential, but hope that helps a bit?

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