Redis Reopens Its Code Vault With a Licensing Shake-Up

May 1, 2025, 1:20 pm

In a surprising turn of events, Redis has undone years of licensing constraints by reverting to an open source model under the AGPL license. Developers and critics alike are left wondering whether this bold move is a revolution or simply a change of tune in an ever-evolving tech saga.

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simonwillison.net / Redis is open source again

Redis is open source again Salvatore Sanfilippo: Five months ago, I rejoined Redis and quickly started to talk with my colleagues about a possible switch to the AGPL license, only to discover that there was already an ongoing discussion, a very old one, too. [...] I’ll be honest: I truly wanted…

theregister.com / Redis 'returns' to open source with AGPL license

New plan may remain too restrictive for some developers Redis, the company behind the popular value-key database of the same name, has returned its main system to an open source license, although the move failed to satisfy some critics.…

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