I have put this as a comment to bug# 533 as well hi guys, not sure if you have looked at this, but it is becoming increasingly imperative to build an alternative to mongodb. MongoDB's Server Side Public License is likely unenforceable Update: A few more thoughts on the SSPL [https://…

I’ve relocated since as phrased its not really a feature request. INAL(I am not a lawyer) speaking from my personal interpretation only… It’s my understanding that this license really effects those that offer mongodb as a service. Think mlab, compose , and other mongodb as DaaS (Database as a Serv…

Hi Aaron Thanks for replying. As I pasted from the part that was interpreted by lawyers, the way that the terms are worded, it could extend to even go to deployment scripts. So I’m not so sure you are in the clear. One of the biggest value of Rocketchat is on-premise and that is in unknown territ…

@sandys We are certainly not taking this lightly, having had polarized discussions internally since its announcement mid-October. We have the community’s interest at heart (Cloud is significantly less affected), and have seen similar license changes with ORACLE and MySQL and noted its effect on pro…

dear @sing.li , thanks for replying. Your answer makes me hopeful that this will be resolved. I want to address just one point. Support for postgresql however is quite orthogonal to this license change - more of a technical topic - and is likely to arrive with our maturing support for GraphQL / A…

After reading the MongoDB Licence and asking some lawyers, I totally agree with Aaron, they are just focusing in preventing companies like AWS from offering MongoDB as a service, specially after they acquired mLab. MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab | Mongo…

[image] gabriel.engel: their own lawyer to make sure we ar Hi Gabriel Did you have any progress getting the statement from MongoDB lawyer? Thanks

I believe your main point is unclear; I have read the information from the website that is not legal ; they have written a complete article on it and clearly stated that it is not legal; if this is correct, then please do not spread false information.

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Hi Gabriel

Did you have any progress getting the statement from MongoDB lawyer?

Thanks

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