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Re:Redis Inc seeks control over Rust Redis-rs library, talk ... by orochimaaru on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @09:00PM (#42261691)
My point is the lesson here should be to wary of tools that don't have a foundation backing them. I have nothing but the highest respect for antirez. But redis never had a foundation. That makes it susceptible to be source-available. The same with Elastic search.

I think the best option against this action by Redis Inc is to move to valkey and use it to incorporate features that Redis Inc considers "enterprise licensed features". If there are big players in valkey, there should be a move to setup a foundation for it - so that it doesn't get taken in to be source available again.

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Re:Redis Inc seeks control over Rust Redis-rs library, talk ... by chipdart on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:00AM (#42262604)
> But redis never had a foundation.

In theory Redis could have had a foundation. It didn't. Instead the project owner opted to sell it to a corporation. This doesn't happen by accident.

What indeed has a foundation is Valkey[1]. It's backed by the likes of AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, etc.

[1] https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launc...

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