MongoDB Issues New Server Side Public License for MongoDB Community Server
October 16 2018 - 9:05AM
New License Leads the Way for Open Source in the
Cloud Era
Today MongoDB, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDB), the leading modern,
general purpose database platform, issued a new software license,
called
Server Side Public License (SSPL), for
MongoDB Community Server. The license clearly and explicitly states
the conditions of deploying MongoDB - or any other open source
project licensed under the SSPL - as a service. All versions of
MongoDB’s Community Server released after today, including patch
fixes for prior versions, will be licensed under the SSPL.
MongoDB has become one of the most popular databases in the
market, adopted by organizations of all sizes across many
industries and geographies. MongoDB was previously licensed under
the GNU AGPLv3 (AGPL), which meant companies who wanted to modify
and run MongoDB as a publicly available service had to open source
their software or obtain a commercial license from MongoDB.
However, MongoDB’s popularity has led some organizations to test
the boundaries of the AGPL. In response, MongoDB has created the
SSPL and submitted it to the Open Source Initiative for
approval.
The SSPL builds on the spirit of the AGPL, but clarifies the
condition for providing open source software as a service. The
license retains all of the same freedoms that the open source
community had with MongoDB under the AGPL: freedom to use, review,
modify and redistribute the software. The only substantive change
is an explicit condition that any organization attempting to
exploit MongoDB as a service must open source the software that it
uses to offer such service. This license change will not impact
customers who have purchased a commercial license from MongoDB.
“The market is increasingly consuming software as a service,
creating an incredible opportunity to foster a new wave of great
open source server side software. Unfortunately, once an open
source project becomes interesting, it is too easy for cloud
vendors who have not developed the software to capture all of the
value while contributing little back to the community,” said Eliot
Horowitz, CTO and co-founder, MongoDB. “We have greatly contributed
to, and benefited from, open source, and are in a unique position
to lead on an issue impacting many organizations. We hope this new
license will help inspire more projects and protect open source
innovation.”
“We are big believers in open source. It leads to more valuable,
robust and secure software. However, it is important that open
source licenses evolve to keep pace with the changes in our
industry,” said Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO, MongoDB. “We
have invested approximately $300M in R&D over the past decade
to offer a modern, general purpose, open source database for
everyone. With the added protection of the SSPL, we can continue to
invest in R&D and further drive innovation and value for the
community.” Resources
Server Side Public License Blog from MongoDB CTO and co-founder
Eliot Horowitz
About MongoDB MongoDB is the leading modern,
general purpose database platform, designed to unleash the power of
software and data for developers and the applications they build.
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB has more than 7,400 customers in
over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been
downloaded over 40 million times and there have been more than one
million MongoDB University registrations.
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variations, including statements concerning the licensing of
future releases of Community Server, the market opportunity for
software as a service and open source server side software, the
benefits of open source innovation and our future investment in
research and development. These forward-looking statements reflect
MongoDB’s current views about its plans, intentions, expectations,
strategies and prospects, which are based on the information
currently available to it and on assumptions it has made. Although
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intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or
achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements and are subject
to a variety of assumptions, uncertainties, risks and factors that
are beyond our control including, without limitation: whether our
new license is approved by the Open Source Initiative; our limited
operating history; failure of our database platform to satisfy
customer demands; the effects of increased competition; our ability
to effectively expand our sales and marketing organization; our
ability to continue to build and maintain credibility with the
developer community; our ability to add new customers or increase
sales to our existing customers; our ability to maintain, protect,
enforce and enhance our intellectual property; the growth and
expansion of the market for database products and our ability to
penetrate that market; our ability to maintain the security of our
software and adequately address privacy concerns; our ability to
manage our growth effectively and successfully recruit additional
highly-qualified personnel; the price volatility of our common
stock; and those risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption
“Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Securities and Exchange
Commission filings and periodic and current reports, including our
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2018, as well as
future filings and reports by us. Except as required by law, we
undertake no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this release as a result of new
information, future events, changes in expectations or
otherwise.
Media Relations Mark Wheeler MongoDB
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