Thanks for the heads up, Galen. I'll give KeyDB a once-over and see how it goes.
-b On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:08 AM Galen Charlton via Evergreen-dev < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Redis Ltd. has announced that future versions of Redis, starting with 7.4, > will have its license changed from the 3-clause BSD license to a > dual-license: > > * Redis Source Available License v2 (RSALv2) > * Server Side Public License v1 (SSPLv1). > > Neither of these are open source licenses per the OSI or free software > license, nor are they accepted by Debian. It is also currently unclear to > me whether clause 13 of the SSPL would present an actual problem for > entities that host Redis as a component of hosting Evergreen. > > The relicensing announcement was made only yesterday and I have not yet > seen a response from the Debian maintainer of the redis packages, but an > RFP to package KeyDB (a Redis fork) did show up [4]. > > Note that at present I do not know if KeyDB will serve as a drop-in > replacement of Redis for OpenSRF's purposes, although they state that they > aim to preserve upstream compatibility (and deliver better performance). > They do operate a PPA for Debian and Ubuntu packages. > > That said, it may be premature to write off Redis itself, but we will > clearly need to keep an eye on the licensing situation. > > [1] https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/ > [2] https://redis.com/legal/rsalv2-agreement/ > [3] https://redis.com/legal/server-side-public-license-sspl/ > [4] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/03/msg00275.html > [5] https://docs.keydb.dev/docs/ppa-deb/ > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Implementation and IT Manager > Equinox Open Library Initiative > [email protected] > https://www.equinoxOLI.org > phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > direct: 770-709-5581 > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-dev >
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