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Re:Redis License Changed by lol768 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:49AM (#39776575)
> It is our obligation as developers to communicate to companies if we want these license changes to happen or not. If you don't like it, don't contribute and invest your time into projects that are licensed in way that matches your needs and wants.

The best thing you can do is to fork the project at the commit prior to the license change, and maintain it from that point onwards (and/or contribute to other forks with the same goal).

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Re:Redis License Changed by happymellon on Thursday March 21, 2024 @06:51AM (#39776970)
> The best thing you can do is to fork the project at the commit prior to the license change, and maintain it from that point onwards

And use an appropriate license. Don't use BSD if you don't want people taking your stuff and closing it up.

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