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If the new MongoDB licence is non-free, the chances that Debian will include that software in their repos are nil.
by iqy 8y ago
If the new MongoDB licence is non-free, the chances that Debian will include that software in their repos are nil.
- vbezhenar 8y agoAFAIK there's non-free repo in Debian. Not sure how they compared to main repo in terms of maintaining.
- Twirrim 8y agoI think Debian would keep it around, probably, but it'll be punted out of the main repos and in to the ones designated for non-free software. Impact on the end user will likely be minimal. They'll still be able to apt-get install it as before.
- ploxiln 8y agoThey will probably keep the last version before the license change for a while, and probably add minor community-sourced patches. The next version of ubuntu will include mongdb version "3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d" which you can see means "last commit before the license change"
- sokoloff 8y agoI can foresee the day when that version of MongoDB is advertised/discussed as having "AWS Document DB compatibility" (rather than today's converse).
- lwf 8y agoWe're at 3.4 right now, but there's concern that shipping any non-SSPL-licensed version is unsustainable for the lifetime of a Debian release. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916107 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916107