I have read the doc and the apgl blog post, but I still have some concerns:Can I include mongodb.exe in my commercial desktop based app? Can I include mongodb.exe in my commercial user self hosted web app
Can I include mongod.exe in my commercial destop based or user self hosted app withou open sourcing it?
licensing;commercial;mongodb
Read the web page.  It says:The goal of the server license is to require that enhancements to  MongoDB be released to the community. Traditional GPL often does not  achieve this anymore as a huge amount of software runs in the cloud.  For example, Google has no obligation to release their improvements to  the MySQL kernel  if they do they are being nice.To make the above practical, we promise that your client application  which uses the database is a separate work. To facilitate this, the  mongodb.org supported drivers (the part you link with your  application) are released under Apache license, which is copyleft  free.Seems pretty clear to me.Personally, if I were MongoDB, I would have simply written my own license that states their intent in plain English, rather than trying to tack on a highly-restrictive license like AGPL, and then provide exceptions.