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Grafana https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/qa-with-our-ceo-on-relic... RethinkDB http://web.archive.org/web/20161003231505/https://rethinkdb.... BerkeleyDB http://web.archive.org/web/20170211004058/http://www.infowor... MongoDB tried the shakedown but I guess it didn't work http://web.archive.org/web/20240202161503/https://www.mongod...

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KingMob1y ago· 2 in thread

Those links are all generic pages related to their licenses. I'm not seeing how they support the idea of a "shakedown", which is criminal extortion.

wmfOP1y ago

They all say if you sell the database as a service you can't use AGPL; you have to pay for a commercial license.

skrtskrt1y ago

no they don't unless, you are using the features like SSO that are behind the license or you are refusing to publish any patches you apply

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davidgerard1y ago

None of these are examples of shakedowns - they are just posts about adopting a license. Do you have any examples of shakedowns? 'Cos that's quite a claim you made there, and surely there are some examples.

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