Openwashing: GitLab Censorship Without Challenge, Redis, and More
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OS News ☛ Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting - OSnews
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Silicon Angle ☛ Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database
Redis Ltd. has acquired Speedb Ltd., the developer of a storage engine it uses to power its commercial database offerings. The company didn’t disclose the financial terms in its announcement of the deal today.
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Linuxiac ☛ Redis NoSQL Key/Value Store Is No More Open Source Software
Starting with Redis 7.4, licensing will change to RSALv2 and SSPLv1. Fedora is considering removing it from its repositories.
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34 Top Open Source Software Companies Shaping 2024 [Ed: These are proprietary software company and a preposterous list]
Exploring open source companies for 2024? Discover the leading firms championing open-source solutions.
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Dev Class ☛ Microsoft defends .NET 9’s fresh feature against accusations of disrupting open source ecosystem [Ed: Microsoft spin from Microsoft Tim, their faithful propagandist]
A new feature proposed for the forthcoming .NET 9 has sparked comment from open source developers: why does Microsoft not support existing projects in the same space, that of eventing frameworks and processing messages from queue providers.
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Redis is no longer free software
The Redis in-memory database system has had its license changed to either the Redis Source Available License or the Server Side Public License (covered here in 2018); neither license qualifies as free software.
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Redis tightens its license terms, pleasing basically no one
It is not the first time Redis has rewritten its terms. Back in 2018 it adjusted the license on some of its modules in ways which upset a quite a few open source luminaries.
The Reg has previously described Redis as "the most popular database in the world – if, that is, your world is solely within AWS". Formerly, Redis's source code was available under the BSD 3-clause license – a permissive one which allows developers to make commercial use of the code without paying.
Soon after that change, one of the other big NoSQL database vendors, MongoDB, also overhauled its license in an effort to reduce commercial exploitation of its code. It created a new license called the Server Side Public License – which is not liked by some open source folks. Even so, a few years later, Elasticsearch also adopted the SSPL – again to the dismay of some purists.
This controversial SSPL licence is one of the two that Redis is adopting under a dual-license approach, along with the same RSAV that it's been using since 2018 for some of its modules.
Renamed:
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Redis Renamed to Redict - Andrew Kelley
The only thing Redis has going for it, as a software project, is the brand name. Salvatore is long gone. The active contributors who are working on it are, like I said, pivoting to AI. Seriously, here's a quote from The Future of Redis:
"Making Redis the Go-To for Generative AI"
"we’re staying at the forefront of the GenAI wave"
Meanwhile, Redict has an actual Free and Open Source Software movement behind it, spearheaded by Drew DeVault, who has a track record of effective open source project management.
In other words, Redict is the true spiritual successor to what was once Redis. The title of this blog post is not spicy or edgy; it reflects reality.
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Redict: A New Still-in-Development Redis Fork
Last week, Redis, a widely used in-memory distributed key/value store, made headlines when it changed its licensing policy, effectively removing itself from being considered open-source software. This set off a series of events.
In what seemed like a timely response, Microsoft introduced Garnet, its new open-source project. It is a cache store developed by Microsoft that promises better performance and enhancements than Redis and is compatible with Redis clients.
And now, following the pattern often seen in the open-source community, when a project shifts to proprietary licensing, a fork is usually created to keep its distribution free.
This is exactly what happened with Redis. An independent fork named Redict has emerged, licensed under the Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL-3.0-only). Drew Devault, the founder and CEO of SourceHut, shared a message on the new project’s website.
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Redis Goes From Open-Source to Fauxpen and the Forks Have Already Started
Redis is only the last in a line of companies that have lately dropped open-source licenses in favor of proprietary open-source lookalike licenses. In this case, a fork has already happened that just might end up being real competition for Redis.
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Revolt of the Redis Maintainers: New Redis Clone, Valkey, Has 'Linux' Foundation Support
Another fork of Redis has arrived, and this one might end up making the Redis suits wish they had never even considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of The 'Linux' Foundation, big tech, and many of the project's long-time contributors.
LF-funded platform talks about LF:
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Linux Foundation Backs ‘Valkey’ Open Source Fork of Redis
We’ve got to stop meeting like this, Linux Foundation.
Thursday, the foundation announced that intends to back a fork of the formerly open source Redis in-memory data store, swiftly following the news that Redis itself moved the code base to a more restrictive license.
Beginning with version 7.4. Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and Server Side Public License (SSPLv1). Older versions will remain open source.
As a result, the Linux Foundation is putting its weight behind a new project named Valkey, as “an open source alternative to the Redis in-memory, NoSQL data store.”
LF pays platforms to amplify LF:
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AWS, Google, Oracle back Redis fork “Valkey” under the Linux Foundation
"Valkey will be community-driven without surprise license changes that break trust and disrupt a level open source playing field" says the Linux Foundation.
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Redis Renamed to Redict - Andrew Kelley
Redict was originally created by Salvatore Sanfilippo under the name "Redis". Around 2018 he started losing interest in the project to pursue a science fiction career and gave stewardship of the project to Redis Labs.
I think that was an unfortunate move because their goal is mainly to extract profit from the software project rather than to uphold the ideals of Free and Open Source Software. On March 20, 2024, they changed the license to be proprietary, a widely unpopular action. You know someone is up to no good when they write "Live long and prosper 🖖" directly above a meme of Darth Vader.
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Valkey: A New Redis Alternative Championed by Tech Giants
Google, Oracle, AWS, Ericsson, and Snap Inc. join forces with Valkey, offering a BSD-licensed Redis alternative for developers worldwide.
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Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Valkey Community
The Linux Foundation announced its intent to form Valkey, an open source alternative to the Redis in-memory, NoSQL data store. Project contributors quickly gathered maintainer, community, and corporate support to regroup in response to the recent license change announced by Redis Inc. Valkey will continue development on Redis 7.2.4 and will keep the project available for use and distribution under the open source Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 3-clause license.
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Linux Foundation Backs ‘Valkey’ Open-Source Fork of Redis
The Linux Foundation has shared its intent to form Valkey as its own Redis alternative. Redis is a popular open-source, in-memory, NoSQL key/value store that is used primarily as a quick-response database or application cache.
Developed by Redis contributors, Valkey is aimed at furthering the development of an open-source, in-memory, NoSQL data store that serves as a robust alternative to Redis. The new platform is backed by major tech players including Google, AWS, Oracle, and Snap Inc.
Valkey is essentially a fork of Redis. Forking is the process of copying a code base and then developing it independently of the originator.
The introduction of Redis comes in response to recent licensing changes by Redis, who recently announced that they are moving the software from open-source to proprietary licensing. Valkey will now use the BSD 3-clause license which until recently covered Redis’s open-source platform.
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Linux Foundation marshals support for open source alternative to Redis
Cloud giants AWS, Google, and Oracle have come out in support of a Linux Foundation open source fork of Redis, the popular in-memory database frequently used as a cache, following changes to its licensing.
Last month, Redis confirmed it was shifting its main key-value store system to a dual-license approach, imposing far more restrictive terms. Previously, the source code was available under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 3-clause license, which allows developers to make commercial use of the code without paying.
Now AWS, Google, Snap Inc, Ericsson, and Oracle are joining the Linux Foundation in backing a fork of the Redis code.
New release:
Redict 7.3.0:
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Redict 7.3.0 is now available
The Redict community is pleased to announce the release of Redict 7.3.0, the first stable version of our copyleft fork of Redis® OSS 7.2.4.1 You can download the release on Codeberg, or download one of our official container images from registry.redict.io.
We have written comprehensive documentation detailing our compatibility with Redis® OSS 7.2.4, which also provides detailed documentation for various migration scenarios, such as for users of the official Redis® containers on Docker Hub, downstream package maintainers, and so on.
We have tested Redict thoroughly with a variety of migration scenarios, but we may have missed a detail that pertains to your use-case. If you have any issues or questions with respect to the migration process, please join our community spaces to get help.
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Redict 7.3.0 released
The first stable release of Redict, a fork of the Redis in-memory database under a copyleft license, has been announced.
IDG spin:
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Redis vs. the trillion-dollar cabals | InfoWorld
The Redis license change hurts no one except AWS and other cloud giants. If they gave back a little, they wouldn’t need watered-down forks.
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Linux Foundation unveils Redis alternative, 'Valkey', with backing from AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle
A host of cloud industry players have pledged their support for an open source Redis alternative since the company’s shift to a ‘source-available’ license setup last month.
Redis shocked the open source community in late March after its decision to switch to a dual-license approach that will see the firm adopt a more restrictive software distribution model.
Under the proposals, Redis releases will be made available under RSALv2 (Redis Source Available License) and SSPLv1 (Server Side Public License) licenses moving forward.
This shift to a ‘source available’ approach marked a departure from the company’s traditional setup, which allowed developers to freely use source code for commercial purposes.