How it started: "This change has zero effect on the Redis core license, which is and will always be licensed under the 3-Clause-BSD."How it's going: "Beginning today, all future versions of Redis will be released with source-available licenses. Startin...

[jzb@mastodon.social]

@msw Curious what AWS's plans are in light of this. (The Redis announcement, I mean - not the Microsoft thingy...)

[gianarb@hachyderm.io]

@jzb @msw probably we will see an announcement at the next Re:Invent about a new "openkv" service

[jzb@mastodon.social]

@gianarb @msw Perhaps! Seems a long time to wait, though.

[thaodan@mastodon.social]

@msw @bootlegrydia So #redis is no longer free software? I think it is strange that we are at a point where open source isn't controlled
enough anymore compared to the term #foss..

[smallcircles@social.coop]

@thaodan @msw @bootlegrydia

PS. GPL fork at Codeberg (under maintenance right now), see: https://fosstodon.org/@drewdevault/112134641456720733

[adrianco@mastodon.social]

@linux_mclinuxface @msw What is Madelyn doing now? The Redis governance page is now a 404. What happens if you are a committer on a project that gets relicensed?

[linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org]

@adrianco @msw I think she has no standing with the project now, at least that what her LinkedIn post indicated.

It’s easy to forget people are involved here; this can’t feel great, tbh.

[adrianco@mastodon.social]

@linux_mclinuxface @msw Hopefully she gets to pick the fork she wants to work on and sees it go to a foundation to keep it open.

[msw@mstdn.social]

https://twitter.com/reconditerose/status/1771037984001032224

[msw@mstdn.social]

Wow, what an overwhelming community response in this PR. It is not a surprise when something like #Redis has become so loved by its community. There’s a clear sentiment that with this change it has been taken away.

I encourage folks to support #OpenSource maintainers who were doing the hard work as individuals. They didn’t ask for any of this disruption in their lives. They exist and their efforts matter.
#FOSS #OSS #FreeSoftware
https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/13157#issuecomment-2014355620

[msw@mstdn.social]

"Today, the Linux Foundation announced its intent to form Valkey, an open source alternative to the Redis in-memory, NoSQL data store.
[...]
At the Linux Foundation, Valkey will follow an open governance model, remaining community-driven and welcoming of all users and contributors."

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkie #Linux
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community

[adrianco@mastodon.social]

@msw Good move, that’s what I expected to happen. However the name Valkey is pretty clunky.

[amye@hachyderm.io]

@adrianco @msw we can't all get opentofu, someone's got to get a goofy name

[msw@mstdn.social]

@amye @adrianco "OpenTofu" has received mixed response. Valkey will too.

Naming things is hard. All the good ones are taken.

My suggestion was FreeAir (where legend has it that "Air" meant "Air Isn't Redis"). But it didn't win much support.
https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/9#issuecomment-2021064087

[msw@mstdn.social]

@amye @adrianco More about the naming story is over on the other site.

https://twitter.com/reconditerose/status/1773390461610467410

[amye@hachyderm.io]

@msw @adrianco all the good ones are taken, indeed.

[msw@mstdn.social]

@amye @adrianco I think Valkey is a pretty good name. I liked "Odis" too. Both are short and playful. Like the "free puppy" that FOSS can so often be.

[emaste@mastodon.social]

@msw @amye @adrianco I like Valkey too. It maybe doesn't pass the "telephone test" but nobody uses telephones so that doesn't matter.

[msw@mstdn.social]

@emaste @amye @adrianco things that don't pass the
"telephone test":

Flickr
PyPy vs. PyPI (unless you very intentionally say "Pie Pee Eye" for the second one)
...

[sortova@fosstodon.org]

@msw @amye @adrianco FastCacheNow!