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Wow, the RethinkDB server currently is indeed AGPL v3: https://www.rethinkdb.com/faq/#how-is-rethinkdb-licensed https://www.rethinkdb.com/faq/#how-is-rethinkdb-
by rattray 10y ago
Wow, the RethinkDB server currently is indeed AGPL v3: https://www.rethinkdb.com/faq/#how-is-rethinkdb-licensed https://www.rethinkdb.com/faq/#how-is-rethinkdb-licensed
> Require users who are unwilling to release the patches to the software development community to purchase a commercial license.
It definitely looks like they'd be willing, if not eager, to relicense to a less commercially-motivated server now that the company is shutting down. Obviously we'll have to wait and see.
Note for posterity and the lazy, the client drivers are Apache v2.
- lawfulhacker 10y agoAs the business they are willing to create did not succeed as expected, I think it will not be a problem for them to change the license to Apache v2, as the clients already are licensed under it. They pointed on the FAQ page, that the AGPL was chosen to balance the interest of their business, which used to sell a comercial version of RethinkDB.