Open For Business?
summary
Chronicles how a database vendor moves from open core to Apache 2 (change rolled out July 2019), explains source‑available traps like BSL and SSPL, and shows concrete community results: free Yugabyte University with ~10,000 users and 16,000 enrollments, a 6,500‑member Slack, and an outside contribution (foreign data wrappers) merged into YugabyteDB 2.11. Compares commercial models — support/services, open core, DBaaS (YugabyteDB Managed) — and calls out when “open source” is really proprietary.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 3:08The Gnu Project
- 4:49Why Open Source Is Popular with Users
- 8:53How Can Vendors Make It Commercially Viable while Keeping To Open Source Principles
- 10:31Open Source Compatible
- 11:21Source Available Software
- 15:13What Are the Main Benefits of Open Source Software
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