Open Stack

+1 

I know after talking to OSS director here that AGPL is something that Y!
would like to avoid (due to similar reasons as below, *note* beyond my
area of expertise...)

On 8/9/13 9:35 AM, "Clint Byrum" <clint at fewbar.com> wrote:

>While looking at some of the emerging technologies coming into stackforge
>and moving toward incubation and/or incubation, an interesting trend
>has appeared.
>
>Everybody is using MongoDB!
>
>Now, don't get me wrong. MongoDB is being chosen for its technical
>excellence in these problem areas. I think MongoDB is a fine choice for
>many OpenStack users.
>
>However, for many others, the AGPL license is problematic. There is enough
>vagueness in the added "network access" clause, that some organizations
>do not want to take the risk of deploying AGPL software.
>
>So, I'd like to make a plea to projects to consider this, and evaluate
>providing backends for free software that is more friendly to OpenStack
>users. Since we have an Apache license, apache licensed projects are
>the simplest to consider. Also GPLv2 projects have been accepted by
>organizations large and small, and GPLv3 is usually ok (some orgs don't
>like the patent provisions). BSD licenses also are usually acceptable
>since they put almost no burden on the org and allow relicensing.
>
>Here is a list of MongoDB alternatives that I would like to see backends
>for when plain old SQL will simply not do:
>
>Apache license:
>
>- Riak
>- Cassandra
>- ElasticSearch
>- LogStash
>
>BSD 3-clause:
>
>- Redis
>
>Anyway, this is just something to consider as you all start and improve
>more amazing projects.
>
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