The race to replace Redis [LWN.net]

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 11, 2024 9:26 UTC (Thu) by TheBicPen (guest, #169067)
In reply to: The race to replace Redis by immibis
Parent article: The race to replace Redis

+1. If anything, SSPL grants additional freedoms to users of software. The OSI says that the additional terms compared to AGPL are restrictions, and hence, SSPL is not an open-source license. By that logic, AGPL itself adds "restrictions" (read: freedoms) to GPL that also make it not truly open-source.

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The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 13, 2024 11:08 UTC (Sat) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link] (6 responses)

i'll bite: what are the additional freedoms?

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 13, 2024 18:42 UTC (Sat) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link] (5 responses)

Freedom for the user to fork the service, obviously.

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 14, 2024 17:42 UTC (Sun) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link] (4 responses)

that's an additional freedom compared to what, precisely?

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 15, 2024 14:40 UTC (Mon) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link] (3 responses)

The user not being allowed to fork the service. Was that a trick question?

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 15, 2024 23:02 UTC (Mon) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link] (2 responses)

did you by any chance read the debian free software guidelines and the debian social contract already? thanks in advance. i can't bloody believe that i see people praising damn source-available proprietary software for being source-available in a blasted 2024 and not being ashamed of comparing that bullshit to free software.

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 16, 2024 9:59 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

There's also the apparent failure to understand the difference between "software" ie "all the instructions" ie "a document that could be printed out", and a "service" ie "here's a computer that is running the software".

I can understand some FS fanatics being upset that they are provided with a SERVICE that lets them USE software without being entitled to a copy of said software, but at the end of the day services and software are two completely different things. It doesn't help the discussion if you act as if they're interchangeable ...

Cheers,
Wol

The race to replace Redis

Posted Apr 16, 2024 11:37 UTC (Tue) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link]

The SSPL, like the GPL, does not mandate anyone to provide you with free computers. Only the software is covered.