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Because then AWS would fork from a version of redis with a more permissive license and only support a subset of functionality moving forward.

• Reedx 7y ago
  They could, but would they? That would mean their offering is less competitive vs anyone providing fully featured Redis.
  • ecnahc515 7y ago
    Because it's more profitable to fork it, pay 2-3 engineers to maintain their fork, than to pay royalties forever.
    • silentsea90 7y ago
      That's true now, but maintaining isn't the same as building new stuff. Amazon would have to invest more to build new functionality that Elasticsearch has devs and community helping them build. This assumes the ecosystem of devs has no importance?
      • dingo_bat 7y ago
        2-3 dedicated high-quality devs in a company like Amazon can run circles around 200-300 random github PR contributors when it comes to implementation of features.
  • dhd415 7y ago
    Sure they would. AWS's Elasticsearch offering has fewer features than Elastic's offering but is still competitive due to its integration into AWS's other service offerings. The same is true for AWS's Redis offering.
  • scarface74 7y ago
    Yes. They did it with ElasticSearch https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-open-distro-for-elasticsearch/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-open-distro-for-elastic... And Java https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/amazon-corretto-no-cost-distribution-openjdk-long-term-support/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/amazon-corretto-no-c... And something similar with Mongo DB. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-documentdb-with-mongodb-compatibility-fast-scalable-and-highly-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-documentdb-with-...