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If it is proprietary they don't have to pay - they can always write their own - just like it happend in this case. If it is economic to write their own now - it
by zby 8y ago
If it is proprietary they don't have to pay - they can always write their own - just like it happend in this case. If it is economic to write their own now - it would also be economic to write their own when Mongo was entirely proprietary. There is no economic difference in these two situations. But maybe you believe that it was not economy that dictated the rewrite - but rather it was a kind of tantrum - "others can have it for free why can't we!!!???". I don't think it was an emotional decision.
- manigandham 8y agoIf that was feasible then they would already have SQL Server and Oracle APIs offered using their own tech instead of buying other vendors. Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL still uses the open-source code layer on the top and just switches out the storage engines, and it's most likely the same here by using parts of actual MongoDB with a different storage engine.
- zby 8y agoIsn't the MongoDB code covered by their Server Side license [1]? AWS could not use this legally. 1. https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-now-released-under-the-server-side-public-license https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-now-released-under...