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   Aether ??? (aether@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 18:38:15 JST Aether ???
   Redis is open source again.
   
   https://antirez.com/news/151
   
   Redis tried shifting to a have-your-eat-and-cake-it-too license that nobody liked, and spawned a veritable forest of forks.
   
   It's back under AGPL now, which is fine for most uses.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 18:38:14 JST 翠星石

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     @Aether I'm not sure if they use an "open source development model".
     
     The AGPLv3 is not an "open source" license;
     "The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure cooperation with the community in the case of network server software."
     
     It does not contain the word "open" either; https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
     
     
     They did not state it is free software or whether the license is AGPLv3-only or AGPLv3-or-later and therefore their intentions are suspect.
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     Aether ??? (aether@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 18:45:35 JST Aether ???

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     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki I stand corrected
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     kamehamic (kamehamic@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 20:16:49 JST kamehamic

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     • 翠星石
     @Aether @Suiseiseki The thing with AGPL is that it only makes sense for client+server software, which Redis isn't, a retard move.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 04-May-2025 20:16:49 JST 翠星石

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     • kamehamic
     @kamehamic @Aether AGPLv3-or-later makes perfect sense for all software, as just because something is not client+server software doesn't mean companies can't take it and turn it into SaaSS.
     
     The one of many "retard moves" Redis made was to make Redis proprietary and correcting that mistake by releasing it under a free license wasn't a "retard move".
     
     
     Many businesses are pleased with the AGPLv3-ambigious, as it prevents proprietary competition while also not preventing people from wanting to use the software, as it is under a free license.