MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable

Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by gtycomb on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:18PM (#18302063)

Only a data point here -- after I read about this license change on HN, it took me about 2 hours to struggle over the issue, discuss with my team, and switch from MongoDB to PostgreSql. We are very lucky in that we were into this project for only two months, prototyping and learning the ropes with MongoDB schema. With PostgreSql now, everyone feels secure in a familiar territory. Yes, we have to make changes and its not rocket science to move over.

The issue is not about having to buy a license here. The problem is the uncertainty with a product whose license agreement is being switched over mid-stream. It makes me weary of what else might happen with their license structure further down the road.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by tedivm on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:09PM (#18303100)

I had actually started a new project two days before this drama started (my first MongoDB project in a couple of years) and made the same decision. This license is so bad I've lost faith in the company itself.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by chrisweekly on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:18PM (#18302535)

weary (tired) -> wary (concerned)

not nit-picking, just attempting to help other readers who aren't native English speakers

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by SOLAR_FIELDS on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:21PM (#18302562)

For those that don’t know, they are sometimes pronounced the exact same, which is why they are often mixed up (see also affect and effect). Where I’m from weary is pronounced WEER-y though.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by yutghgh on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:26PM (#18302610)

Not true (at least in the US): weary (at least the adjective) is pronounced with a "we" at the beginning, while wary is pronounced with a "wear" at the beginning.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by macintux on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:41PM (#18302783)

I hear "weary" spoken so very rarely that I have no idea how it's pronounced here (Indiana). I can't even make up my mind how I pronounce it, but I'd wager it's almost, but not quite, indistinguishable from wary.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by afandian on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:24PM (#18304267)

Of course it varies with accent and locale. So phonetic transcriptions don't help unless we use IPA. But in British English, "weary" has a diphthong and "wary" does not. Very distinctly different words.

On the subject, we pronounce "router" and "router" (two different words, same spelling) differently, one with a diphthong, one without.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by ars on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:15PM (#18303145)

One is w-ee-ry the other w-ah-ry.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by pritambaral on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:49PM (#18303476)

> w-ah-ry

I've always heard it pronounced way-ree.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by acct1771 on Saturday October 27, 2018 @04:18AM (#18314841)

Ware-ee?

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by macintux on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:41PM (#18303397)

Yes...ish. That's the correct pronunciation, but neither are used frequently enough for me to be confident that's the actual pronunciation, and I'd wager it's different in different places.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by jazoom on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:56PM (#18304517)

They're also sometimes spelled the same. Doesn't make it correct.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by gtycomb on Thursday October 25, 2018 @01:55PM (#18302932)

Thanks for saying it right. This will help me remember.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by sneak on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:26PM (#18303269)

Mongo doesn’t need a questionable license to make Postgres a better choice.

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Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable by mrep on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:31PM (#18306332)

Bullshit, every software and business decision has tradeoffs. To universally claim one decision is better in all cases is ridiculous.

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