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Yep, now finally this is updated to specify exactly what changes license. Incidentally: nothing I ever worked to directly. It would be way cooler if also things

Yep, now finally this is updated to specify exactly what changes license. Incidentally: nothing I ever worked to directly. It would be way cooler if also things like RediSearch or RediGraph could still be totally open source, but it's apparently very hard, Common Clause at least will allow it to be free-as-beer and with the source code available.

yarosv 8y ago
> Common Clause at least will allow it to be free-as-beer and with the source code available. The license is very vague. According to this > a product or service whose value derives, entirely or substantially, from the functionality of the Software. What if I have big online shop with huge catalog and my software value "derives from the functionality of RedisSearch"? Do my only option not to host it at Redis Labs?
- derefr 8y ago
  > my software value "derives from the functionality of RedisSearch" Your software might just literally be 99% RedisSearch, but you're not making money from your software (e.g. by selling it); you're making money from operating your software, combined with content (e.g. by using it to facilitate e-commerce transactions.) You'd be in trouble if you wanted to white-label "your technology" and sell it as a platform for other people to run their own online shops on, because it's not really "your technology" to sell. But if your play isn't specifically that, then you're fine. Also, > Do my only option not to host it at Redis Labs? this wouldn't be an option. The whole point of this license is that the software "RedisSearch" is owned by Redis Labs. Hosting it with Redis Labs themselves, or not, is irrelevant. You have to license the software (if you're deploying it yourself)—or rely on your DBaaS provider to license it for you (if they're deploying it.) Basically exactly like a software patent, come to think of it.

yarosv 8y ago

> Common Clause at least will allow it to be free-as-beer and with the source code available. The license is very vague. According to this > a product or service whose value derives, entirely or substantially, from the functionality of the Software. What if I have big online shop with huge catalog and my software value "derives from the functionality of RedisSearch"? Do my only option not to host it at Redis Labs?

derefr 8y ago
> my software value "derives from the functionality of RedisSearch" Your software might just literally be 99% RedisSearch, but you're not making money from your software (e.g. by selling it); you're making money from operating your software, combined with content (e.g. by using it to facilitate e-commerce transactions.) You'd be in trouble if you wanted to white-label "your technology" and sell it as a platform for other people to run their own online shops on, because it's not really "your technology" to sell. But if your play isn't specifically that, then you're fine. Also, > Do my only option not to host it at Redis Labs? this wouldn't be an option. The whole point of this license is that the software "RedisSearch" is owned by Redis Labs. Hosting it with Redis Labs themselves, or not, is irrelevant. You have to license the software (if you're deploying it yourself)—or rely on your DBaaS provider to license it for you (if they're deploying it.) Basically exactly like a software patent, come to think of it.