Re:MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable
by jimktrains2 on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:22PM
(#18302108)
early?
> This interpretation hinges on interpreting successful sub-majority writes as not necessarily successful: rather, a successful response is merely a suggestion that the write has probably occurred, or might later occur, or perhaps will occur, be visible to some clients, then un-occur, or perhaps nothing will happen whatsoever.
> We note that this remains MongoDB's default level of write safety.
> This interpretation hinges on interpreting successful sub-majority writes as not necessarily successful: rather, a successful response is merely a suggestion that the write has probably occurred, or might later occur, or perhaps will occur, be visible to some clients, then un-occur, or perhaps nothing will happen whatsoever.
> We note that this remains MongoDB's default level of write safety.
- http://jepsen.io/analyses/mongodb-3-6-4