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Re:“Commons Clause” was intended to stop AWS from selling op... by ABS on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:45AM (#17951365)
it is telling that he opens with a factually wrong "fact":

"I have invested in the companies behind many open-source projects: [...] Redis" (linking to RedisLabs' website)

except RedisLabs is NOT "the company behind Redis"

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Re:“Commons Clause” was intended to stop AWS from selling op... by marshray on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:56PM (#17956390)
Well, the confusion sure seems intentional.

"On July 15, 2015, the creator of Redis and lead developer, Salvatore Sanfilippo, joined Redis Labs to lead open source development, and Redis Labs became the official sponsor of the open source project."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redis_Labs

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