The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

There and back again (Dgraph's tale) (Interview)


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This week we talk with Manish Jain about Dgraph, graph databases, and licensing and re-licensing woes. Manish is the creator and founder Dgraph and we talked through all the details. We covered what a graph database is, the uses of a graph database, and how and when to choose a graph database over a relational database. We also talked through the hard subject of licensing/re-licensing. In this case, Dgraph has had to change their license a few times to maintain their focus on adoption while respecting the core ideas around what open source really means to developers.

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    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Open Source Licensing & Relicensing · Issue #833 · thechangelog/ping
    • Dgraph — A Distributed, Fast Graph Database
    • Stack Exchange Data Dump : Stack Exchange, Inc.
    • Google Inc. Acquires Metaweb Technologies Inc. | Inc.com
    • Official Google Blog: Deeper understanding with Metaweb
    • Switching Dgraph to a Liberal License - Dgraph Blog
    • The History of the LICENSE.md file of Dgraph
    • Commons Clause License
    • The Open Source Definition | Open Source Initiative
    • It’s not okay to pretend your software is open source | Drew DeVault’s Blog
    • flickrfs - Virtual Filesystem for Flickr
    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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