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Redis announces a dual‑license model (RSALv2 and SSPL) starting with version 7.4, sparking community backlash, prompting concerns about open‑source status, potential distro removals, and driving users toward alternative in‑memory databases and possible forks.
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 that starting with version 7.4 it will abandon the BSD 3‑Clause license and adopt a dual SSPLv1/RSALv2 source‑available model, while keeping the community edition free for developers and assuring no changes for existing users or client libraries.