Re:The race to replace Redis
by mort96 on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:40AM
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Whether it's gratis or not isn't the issue. Some people used Redis not only because it's free of cost, but also because it's open source. It's not anymore.
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The copies that were created under BSD still are. Go fork and multiply. You can even make your contributions GPL or commercially licensed.
It is open source up until Redis 7.4. Why does it matter to you (someone that cares about it being open source) if future versions created by this specific company are not? You (or someone else) can fork it and continue the work in an open manner. AFAIAC that is the literal purpose of open source.
I don't understand what your point is. I'm saying that it doesn't matter that the community edition is still free of charge, because it's the fact that it's not open source anymore that's the issue. What part of that are you responding to?
I suppose they're getting at why was it important that Redis was open source to you? Under the assumption someone else would be responsible for free updates?