oh_well

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   by oh_well 10y ago

   Please list a few successful open source AGPL projects with a significant user base.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   I agree. I think the AGPL license perceived risk played a significant role in RethinkDB's lack of user acceptance.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   > it seems like you have misunderstood what the AGPL does. I've read the AGPL license. I disagree with your interpretation.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   > How many people using RethinkDB are changing its code? That's not the point. If you're even using the software the other software components would also be bound by the AGPL license.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   > I don't know if this is a sound legal interpretation of the AGPL though. Exactly. AGPL was explicitly created to make all clients of the software be bound by its license. To say that the drivers have a different license makes no s
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   As long as RethinkDB is AGPL most will just stick with postgres. Is it possible (or likely) to get the creditors of Rethink to change the license?
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   Affero General Public License is much more restrictive than GPL. People are not comfortable using it in a commercial setting.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   KDB is not really a database as much as it is an RPN calculator with a lot of memory.
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   by oh_well 10y ago

   That's an unfortunate license choice. No one will use it.