"...a few people here (and other threads) have asked why we didn't create a new proprietary license..." But, you did create a new proprietary license. That's

"...a few people here (and other threads) have asked why we didn't create a new proprietary license..." But, you did create a new proprietary license. That's what ${ANY_OPEN_SOURCE_LICENSE} + COMMONS_CLAUSE is. All this is is a proprietary fork of Redis. It's no different than if someone else -- someone other than Redis Labs -- had done it. What's unusual here is just the reluctance on Redis Labs' part to call it what it is. I think a lot of the surprise and blowback across the Net is simply because of the strange unwillingness on Redis Labs' part to call this by its right name and own it.