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Open Source Data sources that can be considered as MongoDB alternative for its new licensing change

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Peter Zaitsev
Nov 2, 2018

As MongoDB has changed their license from AGPL to SSPL many are concerned by this change, and by how sudden it has been. Will SSPL be protective enough for MongoDB, or will the next change be to go to an altogether proprietary license? According to our poll, many are going to explore MongoDB alternatives. This blog post provides a brief outline of technologies to consider.

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Peter Zaitsev

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