Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again
by danShumway on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:28PM
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I acknowledge that sustainability is a problem in Open Source.
I strongly disagree that this is a problem with the original concept of Open Source, and I strongly disagree that Redis's solution is applicable.
Redis is talking out of its butt with this claim. The solution it proposes is throwing the baby out with the bathwater -- saying, "we can't figure out how to fund Open Source, so let's just agree that it was a mistake and make something else that's vaguely adjacent to it."
I personally think it's massively egotistical for them to claim to speak for all developers, or even most developers. Redis hasn't proposed anything new or revolutionary. Source Available licenses have been around for ages. I don't see what's new here.
I personally feel like Redis is stepping into a general debate over Open vs proprietary software that is older than their company; and I don't feel like they're bringing anything new to the table. They've clearly decided that proprietary is the way to go. Now they're acting like this is some kind of significant decision, and that the entire Open Source ecosystem should change to accommodate and bless their specific business model.
It rubs me the wrong way. I often disagree with decisions that companies make, but this press release actually gets under my skin. I'm not dumb enough to try and speak for anyone else other than myself, but if their goal here was to spark dialog in the Open Source community, I am personally way less interested now in hearing what they have to say.
I strongly disagree that this is a problem with the original concept of Open Source, and I strongly disagree that Redis's solution is applicable.
Redis is talking out of its butt with this claim. The solution it proposes is throwing the baby out with the bathwater -- saying, "we can't figure out how to fund Open Source, so let's just agree that it was a mistake and make something else that's vaguely adjacent to it."
I personally think it's massively egotistical for them to claim to speak for all developers, or even most developers. Redis hasn't proposed anything new or revolutionary. Source Available licenses have been around for ages. I don't see what's new here.
I personally feel like Redis is stepping into a general debate over Open vs proprietary software that is older than their company; and I don't feel like they're bringing anything new to the table. They've clearly decided that proprietary is the way to go. Now they're acting like this is some kind of significant decision, and that the entire Open Source ecosystem should change to accommodate and bless their specific business model.
It rubs me the wrong way. I often disagree with decisions that companies make, but this press release actually gets under my skin. I'm not dumb enough to try and speak for anyone else other than myself, but if their goal here was to spark dialog in the Open Source community, I am personally way less interested now in hearing what they have to say.