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Re:MongoDB switches up its open source license by darkarmani on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:09PM (#18233283)
> I think MongoDB, Inc. raises a valid point wrt. developers doing all the hard work including community building and a million other things, while "cloud providers" get all the money.

I think MongoDB is free loading off the the community and developers. The developers don't get to use the software to make a profit without kicking some money upstream to mongo either. Is Mongo going to start offering money for bug reports and patches or do they get to freeload off of their community?

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Re:MongoDB switches up its open source license by 2little_time on Friday October 19, 2018 @07:19PM (#18260778)
I think you're overestimating outside contributions to these types of projects. In my experience, they are typically minuscule, and mutually beneficial relationships when they do occur.
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