License problem , Do I need pay for a SAAS with mongodb ?

[ghostdog]

hi. all
I noticed the MongoDB is AGPL , Does it mean I have to pay if i run a
public website based on mongodb ?
How about the commercial fee? I like to buy some commerial training
and support, but we're worring about the price.
Is there any possibility we can use a free license and only buy some
commercial support?
Or could you give me some detail about commercial license fee?

[Markus Gattol]

> hi. all
> I noticed the MongoDB is AGPL , Does it mean I have to pay if i run a
> public website based on mongodb ?

No, AGPL (as opposed to the GPL) basically differes in a way so that
if you offer a service (e.g. SAAS) driven by a piece of software
licensed under AGPL, you're required to provide the source code if
requested. In a nutshell: you don't distribute software but you offer
services running off it.

> How about the commercial fee?  I like to buy some commerial training
> and support, but we're worring about the price.
> Is there any possibility we can use a free license and only buy some
> commercial support?
> Or could you give me some detail about commercial license fee?

I'd suggest that you directly contact 10gen as this is a public
mailing list.

[supe...@gmail.com]

I'm wondering if I don't modify any source code of mongodb . Do I still need to open source our project code.  I read som comment about this from other agpl project. They think user don't need open source theirself project. It's very confused

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[Ken Egozi]

disclaimer: I am no lawyer and am not affiliated with 10gen, so take this with a grain of salt:

although the license for MongoDB *is* AGPL, it also contains a special chapter saying that the drivers are ASL

The meaning is that if you write an application the uses MongoDB through the drivers, and expose a different set of features than what the core DB provides, and do not allow direct access to the DB, then you are under the ASL terms.

e.g. - MongoHQ ( a SaaS the exposes MongoDB API directly) will need to be AGPL also and publicise the source code, while foursquare ( which is also essentially a SaaS provider, but it uses MongoDB internally and not exposing its core functionality publicly) does not have to publicise source code or whatever. 

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[Meghan Gill]

Hi there,

You can contact Kerry Ancheta (ke...@10gen.com) off-list to discuss
fees for commercial licenses and other services. I'm copying him on
this message.

You may want to review this page in the docs on licensing:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Licensing

Hope this helps,
Meghan

[Eliot Horowitz]

If you don't modify the database source and use one of the apache 2 drivers (all 10gen drivers are) then you don't have any requirements regarding the license.