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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by grumpydba on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @08:46AM (#20865947)
> They tried to make their money by offering their tech as a service and found that they couldn't compete against the resources of large cloud providers who were happily profiting off of their (and the community's) hard work.

And now the community's hard work is licensed under a new and restrictive license which, due to legal constraints, cannot be used in entreprise setups.

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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by timfrietas on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:27PM (#20870822) 

  And now the community's hard work is licensed under a new 
  and restrictive license which, due to legal constraints, 
  cannot be used in entreprise setups.
Sure it can. It is fairly narrow in that it targets reselling it as-a-service. Many large companies are still running MongoDB for enterprise workloads, the SSPL does not change that.
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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by grumpydba on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:11PM (#20873676)
Yeah go ahead and try using such a byzantine license in big corps. I know my legal department wouldn't even dare taking the risk.
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