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Commit 13788d2b authored by Seth Schoen's avatar Seth Schoen
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Update another comment about MongoDB and AGPL

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...@@ -730,8 +730,19 @@ collapse down to a dual-licensing scheme with proprietary and A/GPL options. ...@@ -730,8 +730,19 @@ collapse down to a dual-licensing scheme with proprietary and A/GPL options.
Did any BUSL adopters seriously consider adopting AGPL? If not, why not? Did any BUSL adopters seriously consider adopting AGPL? If not, why not?
If so, why did they end up preferring BUSL's approach? If so, why did they end up preferring BUSL's approach?
% TODO I thought I saw something about MongoDB considering AGPL but % MongoDB was previously licensed under AGPL and then switched to SSPL,
% deciding that its (non-DOSP) noncompete license model was preferable. % which it has maintained should be considered an Open Source license.
% The OSI review process didn't agree, although it was controversial.
% Apparently from MongoDB's point of view, it was just trying to shift
% from one Open Source license to another (that would disincentivize
% some competitive behavior that the developers found unfair or
% undesirable). But from the outside world's perspective, since SSPL
% isn't uniformly accepted as Open Source, this was a switch from Open
% Source to proprietary (and also not DOSP because there is no time
% period after which the code reverts to a conventional license).
%
% I haven't managed to find out whether it's correct that AWS was
% offering MongoDB-as-a-service before the relicensing in 2018.
\item Taxonomy of BUSL Additional Use Grants. \item Taxonomy of BUSL Additional Use Grants.
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