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Re:Redis is open source again by adastra22 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @09:48PM (#43865349)
> Whats the point of open source if you can't fork or sell hosted clusters?

Is this sarcasm?

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Re:Redis is open source again by rank0 on Friday May 02, 2025 @09:09PM (#43876064)
Not at all. Free information is free information.
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Re:Redis is open source again by adastra22 on Friday May 02, 2025 @10:32PM (#43876438)
Interesting that you use the word "free." Long before there was open-source, it was called "free software" and the restrictions on use that required derivative software to give back their changes was the entire point.
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Re:Redis is open source again by rank0 on Friday May 02, 2025 @11:45PM (#43876714)
Except for all the instances where thats not the point. People of every community just love to gatekeep.
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