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fork of redis https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey just before the transition to their new source available licenses

sroussey 2y ago
Ah thanks. Is this by AWS or similar?
- simonw 2y ago
  Yes: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launc... > Industry participants, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Oracle, Ericsson, and Snap Inc. are supporting Valkey.
  - benatkin 2y ago
    Interesting to see Google there. They have LevelDB.
    - Octoth0rpe 2y ago
      I've only looked briefly at leveldb, but IIRC redis is _hugely_ more featureful than leveldb (which I'm sure is a great fit where it's used).
    - scq 2y ago
      Redis and LevelDB are very different, with different use cases. LevelDB is a key-value storage library that writes to disk. It's the sort of thing you could use as the storage layer for a relational database. On the other hand, Redis is an in-memory key-value database server.
  - bitexploder 2y ago
    Cloud providers offer productized versions of Redis, so their interest in Valkey should be obvious :)
    - bornfreddy 2y ago
      Yep. It is still a bit ironic that the community rallied behind Big Tech instead of a small startup though. Just saying.
      - stephenr 2y ago
        The community rallied around a community fork with an open source licence instead of a VC funded startup with a penchant for changing licences.
      - erik_seaberg 2y ago
        Around competitive prices and terms rather than a monopoly.
      - acmeian 2y ago
        [dead]
      - motorest 2y ago
        > Yep. It is still a bit ironic that the community rallied behind Big Tech instead of a small startup though. Just saying. The community rallied behind the project that ensures the software they care about remains free and open and available to all without the risk of being blind-sided.
      - acmeian 2y ago
        Microsoft appears to be the only major player that isn't going with Valkey and established some sort of licensing deal with Redis [0]. [0]: https://redis.io/blog/introducing-azure-managed-redis https://redis.io/blog/introducing-azure-managed-redis
        riverdweller 2y ago
        Microsoft also last year released their own Redis-client-compatible key-value store, Garnet: https://github.com/microsoft/garnet https://github.com/microsoft/garnet

sroussey 2y ago

Ah thanks. Is this by AWS or similar?

simonw 2y ago
Yes: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launc... > Industry participants, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Oracle, Ericsson, and Snap Inc. are supporting Valkey.
- benatkin 2y ago
  Interesting to see Google there. They have LevelDB.
  - Octoth0rpe 2y ago
    I've only looked briefly at leveldb, but IIRC redis is _hugely_ more featureful than leveldb (which I'm sure is a great fit where it's used).
  - scq 2y ago
    Redis and LevelDB are very different, with different use cases. LevelDB is a key-value storage library that writes to disk. It's the sort of thing you could use as the storage layer for a relational database. On the other hand, Redis is an in-memory key-value database server.
- bitexploder 2y ago
  Cloud providers offer productized versions of Redis, so their interest in Valkey should be obvious :)
  - bornfreddy 2y ago
    Yep. It is still a bit ironic that the community rallied behind Big Tech instead of a small startup though. Just saying.
    - stephenr 2y ago
      The community rallied around a community fork with an open source licence instead of a VC funded startup with a penchant for changing licences.
    - erik_seaberg 2y ago
      Around competitive prices and terms rather than a monopoly.
    - acmeian 2y ago
      [dead]
    - motorest 2y ago
      > Yep. It is still a bit ironic that the community rallied behind Big Tech instead of a small startup though. Just saying. The community rallied behind the project that ensures the software they care about remains free and open and available to all without the risk of being blind-sided.
    - acmeian 2y ago
      Microsoft appears to be the only major player that isn't going with Valkey and established some sort of licensing deal with Redis [0]. [0]: https://redis.io/blog/introducing-azure-managed-redis https://redis.io/blog/introducing-azure-managed-redis
      - riverdweller 2y ago
        Microsoft also last year released their own Redis-client-compatible key-value store, Garnet: https://github.com/microsoft/garnet https://github.com/microsoft/garnet