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Very concerning because redis is also sponsored by VMWare.
by davyjones 14y ago
Very concerning because redis is also sponsored by VMWare.
- legutierr 14y agoYes, but as I recall Salvatore created redis before joining VMWare. I have to believe that unless he signed some document explicitly granting them ownership he would retain rights over the redis name, etc. In other words, very different.
- pidster 14y agoantirez is Salvatore. ;)
- banachtarski 14y agoWhat in legutierr's post suggested he did not know this?
- antirez 14y agoI don't think something like that can happen with Redis. I don't want to focus on the technical reasons why this is impossible, but even just from the point of view of "handling" this stuff in the best way from both sides: 1) I'll not leave VMware for another company. I received several offers from other companies, and I never ever investigated what the salary or stocks or conditions could be. It is as simple as that: VMware provided huge value to the Redis community for several years and is extremely supportive. There is no reason for me to go to another company. 2) But VMware may fire me. If this will happen it can only happen because there is a lost of interest about Redis for some reason. In this case it will be natural for me to continue in some other way the development, and if VMware will be no longer interested in Redis, it is unlikely it will be against me continuing the development in alternative ways. Btw about the current issue with Vert.x, what I see is that a developer signed some contract where the IP is transfered to VMware, and later joined what can be considered a competitor. My feeling is that the current evolution was a bit expected or at least not so unlikely.
- pilif 14y agoBeing cynical here, but there's always option 3) you forgot: they might want to ride the Enterprise NoSQL wave, make redis fully proprietary, fire you and then do the lawyer stunt outlined in the original article, possibly even trying to not just get the trademark but also the copyright on the code. I'm not saying they are going to do that, it's just a third option that's possible in my opinion and which had just become a bit more likely now that they have shown how they are willing to do with projects they own^Wsponsor.