Company
Date Published
Author
Yiftach Shoolman
Word count
333
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The recent licensing change for Redis modules has led to confusion about its implications, with some misinformation circulating. The open source Redis license remains unchanged, still being BSD. However, the license for Redis modules developed by Redis was changed from AGPL to Apache v2.0 modified with Commons Clause. This change aims to allow full use of the modules under a liberal license while restricting direct sales of the original modules and promoting the community's interests over cloud providers' profits. By adopting this new license, Redis seeks to maintain its rights over commercializing assets while supporting open and free use of the modules. The move was made in response to the fact that cloud providers have been profiting from open source code without contributing to its development.