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

[Jim Kinney]

And they REFUSE to ship it otherwise claiming they want it to be easy
to use. That's the default setup in a zillion containers running all
over the place. 
On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 10:48 -0500, Jeff Hubbs via Ale 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.
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>     On 3/5/19 10:42 AM, Jim Kinney via Ale
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> >       My reading is any commercial use requires commercial license
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> >       fees. Basically if money is being made using mongo, they get
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> >       Using mongo in an academic research setting is not clear 
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> >       On March 5, 2019 7:46:47 AM EST, Leam
> >         Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
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> > >           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
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