Redis Reopens Its Code Vault With a Licensing Shake-Up

In a surprising turn of events, Redis has undone years of licensing constraints by reverting to an open source model under the AGPL license. Developers and critics alike are left wondering whether this bold move is a revolution or simply a change of tune in an ever-evolving tech saga.

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This is great news! Redis has ditched the SSPL for the AGPL. Posted some notes here - there are also a bunch of interesting features that have been brought into core under the new license, like Time Series, probabilistic data types and Redis Query Engine

10 months / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Redis is open source again

10 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Redis 'returns' to open source with AGPL license

10 months / theregister / Lindsay Clark

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