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

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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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Featuring:

• Manish R Jain – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• 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

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