Redis’ Trollope reiterated ... [cloud vendors are] free to enter a commercial agreement with Redis.
Senator, you can have my answer now, if you like...
I had sympathy for Redis vs. cloud vendors but the abuse here of folks who have contributed to an open source project, or committed to using something in some part because it was open source, is annoying enough that I now hope Valkey buries them.
Projects like Redis that are only popular because they've always been free and open source need to take a hint from the Linux Foundation and understand that maximizing profit is not compatible with what makes Redis successful. I have zero sympathy for Redis and gladly embrace a more free and open fork.
> Projects like Redis that are only popular because they've always been free and open source need to take a hint from the Linux Foundation and understand that maximizing profit is not compatible with what makes Redis successful.
So what's the over/under on how long Redis Labs exists as a viable entity? Even outside of the ecosystem of the cloud providers I can't see that many companies paying to have a commercial redis support agreement given everyone is backing Valkey.
'Olson noted that she always knew that this change was a possibility and well within the rights of the BSD license. “I’m more just disappointed than anything else. [Redis] had been a good steward in the past, and I think community is kind of disappointed in the change.”'
Being a good steward is about more than merging PRs. By changing the license, Redis Labs/Redis have stopped being a steward at all.
Senator, you can have my answer now, if you like...
I had sympathy for Redis vs. cloud vendors but the abuse here of folks who have contributed to an open source project, or committed to using something in some part because it was open source, is annoying enough that I now hope Valkey buries them.