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Looking at Redis [Labs], their livelihood is based solely on consulting and revenue generated from deploying Redis. Cloud providers are clearly netting multiple

• kodablah 8y ago
  > This is one workaround. It works. A bit early to tell I'd say. Always hard to know who doesn't use something because of these things. But I think everyone can agree that this wouldn't have worked from the start; needed to build up a dependence on the software and interfaces before springing this. Feels a bit bait-and-switch every time someone's software gets commercially popular so they feel the need to change tack. Almost makes me wish it didn't become popular and widely distributed so the developers don't get this urge to do the switch. Then again, I'm always happy to see people get rich when they work hard on stuff.
• pritambaral 8y ago
  > This is one workaround. And a poor, misleading one. While solutions exist. > It works. That's to be seen. While actual solutions already work. A solution would be a proprietary license. Neutering the Apache 2 license while still calling it Apache 2 does a poor job of both properly licensing it or clearly advising potential users what their rights would be. In fact, calling it 'Apache 2 with modifications' is about as correct and honest as calling a dead man a 'human with injuries'.