[ale] [Semi-OT] Any secondary thoughts on the MongoDB license?

Leam Hall leamhall at gmail.com
Tue Mar 5 11:57:11 EST 2019


True, but it's only open to localhost the last time I looked. Which could
be outside of my memory bounds...

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 10:48 AM Jeff Hubbs via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> One word of warning: MongoDB installs with its network port open and no
> authentication; your instance can be portscanned and p0wn3d if you don't
> reconfig.
>
> On 3/5/19 10:42 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
>
> My reading is any commercial use requires commercial license and fees.
> Basically if money is being made using mongo, they get a cut.
>
> Using mongo in an academic research setting is not clear
>
> On March 5, 2019 7:46:47 AM EST, Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> Just wondering. I've read some stuff but don't have clarity. Now and
>> again I am in a position to offer technical suggestions and MongoDB was
>> one I liked to share. For a commercial entity not hosting MongoDB as a
>> service but using it as a part of their product, do they have the option
>> for community edition?
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