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Do you need a license for MongoDB?
Licensing. Yes, MongoDB is licensed under Free Software Foundation’s GNU AGPL v3. 0. It does not require you to publish your source code, and your application usually only talks to MongoDB using a driver.
How is MongoDB licensed?
All versions of MongoDB’s Community Server released on or after October 16, 2018, including patch fixes for prior versions, will be licensed under the SSPL. Prior versions of MongoDB Community Server released before October 16th, 2018 will remain under the AGPL; therefore, any use of those versions is governed by AGPL.
Can I use MongoDB license?
Yes , MongoDb is free for commercial application , as long as the application complies with their new licence Server Side Public License (SSPL) . All MongoDB Community Server patch releases and versions released on or after October 16, 2018, will be subject to this new license as written here .
Why is SSPL bad?
If you’re just using software, SSPL is bad for you because it restricts your choices. SSPL is usually chosen to give one vendor a monopoly on their SaaS/DBaaS deployment model, which means reduced choice and higher prices. The SaaS/DBaaS model is the fastest-growing usage model for a lot of software.
Can MongoDB community be used commercially?
The short answer is “generally, yes” as far as deploying the MongoDB community edition for commercial use. A commercial license is only required in some circumstances, such as deploying MongoDB Enterprise software to production environments. The core MongoDB server is licensed under AGPL v3.
Can I use MongoDB for free?
Is MongoDB Free? You can get started with a MongoDB developer sandbox in MongoDB Atlas for free with basic configuration options. No credit cards are required to provision a cluster, and you can use it to explore and learn more about MongoDB Atlas, the database-as-a-service platform from MongoDB.
Is MongoDB really free?
Why is the Sspl not an open source license?
In January 2021, following the re-licensing move by Elastic, OSI released a statement declaring that the SSPL does not comply with its Open Source Definition because it discriminates against specific fields of endeavor, describing it as a “fauxpen” source license.
Why is Sspl not open source?
It is simply that Elastic’s current business model is inconsistent with what open source licenses are designed to do. Its current business desires are what proprietary licenses (which includes source available) are designed for.
Is MongoDB Atlas free for commercial use?
Now MongoDB Realm is available — free of charge — to all Atlas users for evaluation as well as light-to-moderate usage. To learn more about Realm pricing and capabilities, please see the chart below or visit our documentation page.
Will MongoDB Atlas users be affected by the license change?
Customers and OEM partners using MongoDB under a commercial license will not be affected by this change. MongoDB Atlas users do not run the MongoDB database and do not become licensees of the MongoDB database software. As a result, users of MongoDB Atlas will also not be affected by this change.
What is the best open source license for MongoDB?
GPL and variants such as the AGPL have been popular amongst vendors that seek to control their own open source projects, like MongoDB.
What is the new MongoDB server-side Public License (SSPL)?
MongoDB is transitioning to a new Server-Side Public License (SSPL) that seeks to plug the gaps with cloud-based services.
Is MongoDB trying to prevent megaclouds from strip-mining its projects?
And so it’s understandable that MongoDB and others would seek to prevent the megaclouds from strip-mining their projects, particularly in China, where loose interpretations of open source licensing have already opened the door to Alibaba, Tencent, and Yandex offering MongoDB as a service without contributing any code back.