Huh. So, the rush to release and announce the license before OSI vetted it, was in fact VERY VERY intentional. Not some poorly planned "rush the news out" mismanagement.
And the recent stink on HN where OSI claimed MongoDB was not Open Source because the license had not yet been reviewed, with many claiming (correctly) that OSI is not the determiner of what is open source, appears to have been out of order.
I think there was a base assumption that the license would in fact be fine, and OSI claiming it wasn't because they hadn't stamped it ... yet ... was overreaching.
Anyway my understanding is that the single largest user (and commercial licensee) of MongoDB hates it and can't wait to get away from it. With that in mind, this licensing nonsense smells like a desperate grab. Maybe it's time to short $MDB?
And the recent stink on HN where OSI claimed MongoDB was not Open Source because the license had not yet been reviewed, with many claiming (correctly) that OSI is not the determiner of what is open source, appears to have been out of order.
I think there was a base assumption that the license would in fact be fine, and OSI claiming it wasn't because they hadn't stamped it ... yet ... was overreaching.
Anyway my understanding is that the single largest user (and commercial licensee) of MongoDB hates it and can't wait to get away from it. With that in mind, this licensing nonsense smells like a desperate grab. Maybe it's time to short $MDB?