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I'm curious about the impact of the licence change on the average company. Were you self-hosting redis in all your companies, or how were you using it?
by willsmith72 3y ago
I'm curious about the impact of the licence change on the average company.
Were you self-hosting redis in all your companies, or how were you using it?
- ok_dad 3y agoI think that the uproar about license changes are less about actual license impact and more about the impact to the community and social framework that Redis has fostered as a project previously. People are switching because at this point they think they can’t trust Redis Labs not to do more dumb stuff later. Combine that with my previous assertion that redis is very important software at most companies, and the calculus leans in favor of using the fork because any further major license changes might necessitate it anyways, and it’s easier to do now than under the gun. It’s important to not do stuff that loses trust when you’re a company founded on a community.
- Spivak 3y agoYeah, I'm willing to trust the Linux Foundation won't pull a stunt like this but I have zero faith that in 5 years there won't be another announcement that "<other users of Redis we think have money> are no longer allowed to use it without paying."