It was pointed out to me that TimescaleDB has a "open core" model and it's actually possible to build an "apache-2.0-only" version of the program. The differences between the two are here:
https://docs.timescale.com/timescaledb/latest/timescaledb-edition-comparison/ ... and guix actually made a package that removes the proprietary bits here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/databases.scm#n1315 a. -- Tu connaîtras la vérité de ton chemin à ce qui te rend heureux. - Aristote