[PureOS] Fedora removes MongoDB due to Server Side License issues

[Jeremiah C. Foster]

On Wed, 2019-01-16 at 23:06 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Jeremiah C. Foster (2019-01-16 21:09:21)
> > Nicole shared with me this URL 
> > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IQIOBOGWJ247JGKX2WD6N27TZNZZNM6C/
> > from the Fedora mailing lists.
> > 
> > TL;DR; is that the new MongoDB license is not considered "free" by
> > Fedora and the question is if we ought to consider it non-free as
> > well.
> 
> Considered non-free in Debian too: https://bugs.debian.org/916107
> 
> > I do think there is another question though; how do we decide what
> > stays in and what is kept out of PureOS?
> [...]
> > The URL Nicole shared seems to be a good example of where PureOS 
> > policy might differ from our upstream. What is the view of folks
> > here? 
> > Should we keep on including MongoDB or should we stop?
> 
> Yes, we always have the option of doing differently than our
> upstreams.
> 
> Such decision comes with the burden of then _maintaining_ ourselves
> the 
> delta we create between us and our upstreams.

+1

> So I'd say let's first hire some more folks and establish things
> like 
> proper security tracking for the delta what we _do_ carry already, 
> before considering an even bigger delta!

+1

Cheers,

Jeremiah