Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, that link shows precisely what I was worried about…
we’ve started working towards a closed-source enterprise version of Dgraph. This version would contain many features useful to companies, namely:
Cluster management and monitoring
User authentication
Access control lists
Data encryption, and more
and
This simple change ensures that only Dgraph Labs owns the rights to add proprietary features
I’m thankful for what you’re releasing under GPL, but the point is that this “free” version is no different than an evaluation copy, or a “bait” to get people to use your proprietary, blobbed code. Indeed, you’re keeping important features out of the libre version on purpose!!
Unfortunately, I don’t feel comfortable to start learning and contributing to a new software that constantly tries to make me dependent on non-open, proprietary, essential features.
Your model doesn’t add anything of value. You’re just “another graph database like all the others”.