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Why wouldn't putting only some enterprise features under your "business" license work for you ?

I don't think anyone will want to make a business out of the database you wrote until it gets massively popular. And it won't get massively popular if it's under a proprietary license.

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Hi lovasoa, this is definitely an option, and we're open to suggestions in this area!

Great ! I would love to be able to use a version of SurrealDB, even with a more limited feature set, in my open-source projects.

Ok lovasoa, we will definitely give this a thought!!! Just out of interest (and so I can understand your position / usecase better), how would the current license prevent you using it in any open-source projects at the moment?

Well, I could, but a free software with non-free dependencies is not of much use...

Would you use another software with the same licensing restrictions as SurrealDB in SurrealDB itself?

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