About a year ago, #MongoDB ( $_NASDAQ['MDB'] ) withdrew its #SSPL license from the OSI process to have it recognized & approved as "Open Source". https://nu.federati.net/url/265335 [opensourceforu com]

I tried to read the SSPL text ( https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license ) myself. I was looking for the #Four_Freedoms ( which are fundamental to all #FOSS licenses ).

I think their real purpose was to make it impossible for SAAS vendors to operate anything dependent on #MongoDB without buying a commercial license instead of the SSPL.

(Would $CLOUD_VENDOR open source everything, including virtualization configs, systemd units, backup scripts in order to keep using MongoDB? Or would they perhaps fork the last truly free version, and together with others in similar straits, take over maintenance and development, cutting off the MongoDB corporate entity? Or visit #Apache's various #NoSQL projects and try out potential replacements?)

Note: I took a cursory glance at financials. MDB is still losing money, but revenue increase 61% last year, so it could break even or be mildly profitable this year, though analysts don't expect a profit within the next three years. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mongodb-nasdaq-mdb-debt-no-190937053.html [finance yahoo com], https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/software/nasdaq-mdb/mongodb [simplywall st]

I looked briefly for a comparison of revenue trends pre-SSPL and post-SSPL, but saw nothing. I should probably devote some more time to it, but that will have to be another time.