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Re:FerretDB, a truly open-source MongoDB alternative by peterfarkas on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:26PM (#35545368)
While I do respect your opinion, I disagree.

I think that arrogance is when a single vendor tries to single-handedly redefine open-source to fit their business needs better. Not just a license, but the definition itself.

A quote from the MongoDB CEO: "MongoDB was built by MongoDB. There was no prior art. We didn't open source it for help; we open sourced it as a freemium strategy". [1]

Whether the OSI was arrogant or not, I really don't want this person to define opensource.

[1]: https://techmonitor.ai/leadership/strategy/mongodb-ceo-inter...

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Re:FerretDB, a truly open-source MongoDB alternative by that_guy_iain on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:02PM (#35546856)
I am not really sure what your issue is. What you think open-source as freemium isn’t a model?

If it wasn’t for copy-left licenses that forced companies to release code that they used to create their products we wouldn’t have Linux in its current state.

In a world, where many products are cloud based it seems fair and within the current model of open source to force code sharing.

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