Redis Announces Shift to Source‑Available Dual Licensing
Redis announced it will replace its BSD‑3‑Clause license with a source‑available dual licensing model—SSPLv1 and RSALv2—starting with Redis 7.4, keeping the community edition free for developers while requiring cloud providers to secure commercial agreements, yet leaving existing enterprise users and client‑library developers under unchanged, permissive terms.
Redis officially announced it will change its open‑source license to a source‑available model.
Starting with Redis 7.4, the project will be distributed under two licenses—SSPLv1 and RSALv2—abandoning the BSD‑3‑Clause license. The community edition will remain free for developers, customers and partners.
The new licenses require cloud providers that host Redis to obtain a commercial agreement to ship Redis 7.4, but existing enterprise customers and end‑users of the open‑source version see no change.
Redis emphasizes that the developer community and all client libraries will continue under permissive terms and that the project remains committed to open‑source principles.
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