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I understand that the Timescale license can't be utilized by cloud providers, but what about others who need a timeseries database for their SaaS offering? Is
by PaulWaldman 6y ago
I understand that the Timescale license can't be utilized by cloud providers, but what about others who need a timeseries database for their SaaS offering? Is this permitted as long as you aren't marketing a hosted TimescaleDB solution?
Edit: wording
- akulkarni 6y agoThat would be permitted, as long as the service isn't just a "TimescaleDB-as-a-service." [0] For example, if the service allowed users to only make DML changes (access / modify data) then it is ok, but DDL changes (creating / modifying database schemas) is not permitted. In fact, we already have 100s of SaaS companies using TimescaleDB as part of their offering. [0] https://www.timescale.com/legal/licenses https://www.timescale.com/legal/licenses
- PaulWaldman 6y agoThanks akulkarni, this is great!
- teraflop 6y agoMore specifically, the text of the license says you can't offer any service that is "primarily a database storage or operations product", even one that doesn't allow schema modifications. If that wasn't what you intended to prohibit, you should probably fix the wording of section 3.21(i).