[sonarlunar]

Probably you don't have to. If one writes code and the other takes the money, there won't be no Redis software to use in the future.

When Salvatore was sponsored by Redis Labs back in 2015 I contacted them to ask them about their RLEC (Enterprise Cluster) software for my employer, a public multinational.

Had I wanted to use Redis in AWS I would have simply paid for EC2 AWS and paid for Redis Enterprise licenses. This way BOTH companies would make money, survive, and allow me to utilize what I need for my company to make profit.

Paying AWS for Redis service, knowing NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING goes into Salvatore's pocket is, for me, plain stupid.

I want Salvatore, and the rest core contributors whichever they are, to be healthy, happy, motivated, has his financial problems solved and be focused on his amazing software.

I love Redis and I want it to be there forever.

Paying AWS (for Redis service) instead of Salvatore is as smart as being a parent and voting for Herod "for the prosperity of your newly born children".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents

[mindcrime]

I love Redis and I want it to be there forever.

Likewise. And if they think that going proprietary is the best way to accomplish that, then more power to them. But let's call a spade a spade and not come up with disingenuous nomenclature like "Apache License + Commons Clause" and try to pretend to be "kindof Open Source". That makes as much sense as claiming to be partially pregnant.