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I am a bit curious of the MongoDB removal. Truecrypt and Qt4 I sort of understand, but MongoDB is still actively developed, so there seem to be a story there..

by chme 7y ago

I am a bit curious of the MongoDB removal. Truecrypt and Qt4 I sort of understand, but MongoDB is still actively developed, so there seem to be a story there... Update: I guess thats the reaction to the not OSI approved licence they switched to late 2018.

viraptor 7y ago
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/testing?id=8a901de31fa055ed591d487e12f8bb9ffcc0df21 https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/testing?id=8a901de... > community/mongodb: expunge nonfree software
- fmajid 7y ago
  Good riddance
groovybits 7y ago
Related: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18229452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18229452 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18919543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18919543
rambojazz 7y ago
Their new license is considered non-free, even though I think nobody has yet certified it as such from a legal point of view.