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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by CharlesW on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:40PM (#19222077)
> Just don’t call it open source, and keep your hands away from the Apache brand.

Thanks! So it sounds like you're personally okay with this solution?

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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by Pyxl101 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:49PM (#19222116)
Sure. Why not? There are lots of companies in the world that sell proprietary software. Nothing wrong with that. A lot of great software in the world, from a user experience perspective, is proprietary. Think about the devices, computers, and websites that you use on a daily basis - most of these are probably proprietary. I don't think there's any moral obligation for someone to give their work away for free as open source.

Let's just not confuse proprietary software with open source software.

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Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again by dcbadacd on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:12PM (#19222799)
Let's not confuse proprietary software, open-source software and free (as in freedom) software.
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