This is a very bad sign, IMO. There is TONS of embedded Mongo out there. Splunk, Alteryx and many others all have Mongo embedded in their products. If they now all follow suit and move away from Mongo because of this new license, that’s bad for Mongo’s reputation and market/mindshare (even if they don’t make any money off of these products today). Worse, these kinds of moves are going to really fire up a search for a Mongo replacement that is still truly open source (GPL). Someone will most definitely step into that void, which means Mongo’s competition is effectively being strengthened and given a lifeline as we speak because of this new license.
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