The race to replace Redis [LWN.net]

The race to replace Redis

Posted Mar 29, 2024 8:50 UTC (Fri) by fw (subscriber, #26023)
In reply to: The race to replace Redis by immibis
Parent article: The race to replace Redis

The AGPL does not create any additional obligations over the GPL if one does not modify the software. The SSPL obligations apply even if one runs unmodified versions, as distributed by upstream. Certainly this is a major difference.

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The race to replace Redis

Posted Mar 30, 2024 18:24 UTC (Sat) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link] (1 responses)

The AGPL clause is problematic for being meaningless but the AGPL has an escape hatch:
you do not have to accept the license to run the software.

The race to replace Redis

Posted Mar 30, 2024 18:56 UTC (Sat) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

>The AGPL clause is problematic for being meaningless but the AGPL has an escape hatch:
> you do not have to accept the license to run the software.

Except of course when you have to modify the "source" to configure [1] said software, which is the norm in dynamic/scripting languages.

[1] basic stuff like site URLs, feature flags, database configuration, autentication/credentials, theming, etc etc..