The rise of hyperscalers has created a challenge for open source companies like MongoDB and Elastic, as they struggle to maintain innovation and investment in their OSS projects while cloud providers reap profits without proportional contributions. To address this, Redis initially took a separate approach with its Redis Stack distribution under a different license, but ultimately decided to adopt the SSPL license to enhance its core capabilities. This change hurt the Redis community's relationship with the company, but has led to new collaborations and improvements, including the rejoining of Salvatore Sanfillipo as a developer evangelist, and the adoption of AGPL licensing for Redis 8, demonstrating a commitment to advancing the platform according to its original vision.