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Redis Renamed to Redict - Andrew Kelley

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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. In short summary, the licenses limit the freedoms of what one can do with the software in order for Redis Labs to be solely enriched, while asking for volunteer labor, and having already benefitted from volunteer labor, that is and was generally offered only because it enriches everybody. SSPL is BAD All the code before the license change is available under the previous license (BSD-3), however it

Redis Renamed to Redict - Andrew Kelley Andrew Kelley - Redis Renamed to Redict (2024 Mar 22) Redis Renamed to Redict 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 act

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