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As far as I know, MongoDB is still open source. If you are a hosting provider offering "MongoDB as a Service" the provider then needs to pay a licensing fee to
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
As far as I know, MongoDB is still open source. If you are a hosting provider offering "MongoDB as a Service" the provider then needs to pay a licensing fee to Mongo.
To me, those are two contradictory statements. The software is not open-source if its license restricts the purposes for which it can be used, QED.
- kemitchell 8y agoSSPL does not prohibit any kind of use. Section 13 attaches a copyleft condition to use in provision of the software as a hosted service.