Sending to the list for prosperity, but LWN had a nice roundup of the situation 
since things have evolved:

https://lwn.net/Articles/966631/

Since it is subscriber content, I'll summarize a couple of things.

- While KeyDB can be used as a drop-in for basic usage, it lacks many 7.x+ 
features.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/57UJNMSW7NZVRMO7VRJ4A5X7BESXFHLS/

- The Linux Foundation has endorsed Valkey, which was just forked by redis 
contributors with the latest OSS code, so will be an up-to-date fork.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community

>From various distro discussion groups, it sounds like most will be going with 
>Valkey now that it exists, once it has tagged releases. And since it hasn't 
>diverged yet, it should be a true drop-in replacement.

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On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, at 9:08 AM, Galen Charlton via Evergreen-dev 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
> --
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> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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