Cloud giants AWS, Google and Oracle have come out in support of a Linux Foundation open source fork of Redis, the popular in-memory database often used as a cache, following changes to its licensing.
The race to replace Redis
Last month, Redis confirmed that it was changing its main key-value store system to a dual-license approach, imposing much more restrictive terms. Previously, the source code was available under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 3-clause license, which allows developers to use the code commercially without paying.
Now AWS, Google, Snap Inc, Ericsson and Oracle are joining the Linux Foundation to support some of the Redis code.
A statement from the Linux Foundation said project contributors had recruited maintainers, community and corporate support to regroup in response to the latest license change announced by the Redis company.
