> The vast majority of the users don't need to do anything, and if they change [to any upcoming fork], it's for ideological, not licensing (concrete), reasons.

> The vast majority of the users don't need to do anything, and if they change [to any upcoming fork], it's for ideological, not licensing (concrete), reasons. This is simply not true. Most normal users are not directly affected but this change, but if they previously used AWS to host Redis, they would now be affected. A big point of open source is that you can find competing hosts to give you the best service, but Redis would want it so that only they are allowed to sell hosting service meaning that you don't have competition. This directly affects users. Also, it's important to note that Matt Asay works for MongoDB. His paycheck comes from a similar business model as Redis. --- I think a lot of people are missing the issue here. Let me summarize my own take on this: 1. Redis is no longer open source under any reasonable definition (note that SSPL has very important distinctions from AGPL. They are not the same). And yet companies like Redis/MongoDB/ElasticSearch keeps trying to say they are "open source" and try to change the meaning of the term. It's virtue signaling without adopting the virtue. Lots of beloved companies are proprietary. They should just come out and say they are proprietary and be done with it. 2. Redis performed a rug pull. They previously released they source under BSD which is what attracted users and contributors, then once it became popular they changed the license (which they can legally do because they forced contributors to sign CLAs). Would contributors like Madelyn Olson (who works for Amazon) contributed to Reddis on her free time if it was under SSPL right off the bat? I highly doubt it. Redis knew that as a newcomer they had to parrot "we love open source" but once popular enough they can now force people to put up because of inertia. I think it's fine to be proprietary, but I would trust a company much more if they don't try to change it midway through, or keep saying BS like how they still embrace open source (which is intellectually dishonest).