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How can it be used at all under SSPL then? There are no operating systems on which Redis runs that uses that license.
by u320 2y ago
How can it be used at all under SSPL then? There are no operating systems on which Redis runs that uses that license.
- RobotToaster 2y agoYou only need to do that if you operate it as a service that you sell or give away to others (rather than just running your own internal redis instance) So yes, this basically prohibits anyone but redis from operating it as a service, unless you write your own operating system for it to run on. (Although presumably they will sell you licences or similar to operate it as a service)
- aragilar 2y agoThat's why it's dual licensed.
- bawolff 2y agoThat's essentially why people think its not-free. In essence, it pretends to give you the right to do something, but puts impossible to meet requirements so that in pracitise you cannot do the thing. In essence, the license says you cannot use it as SASS software, but they didn't want to outright say that, so they did this instead.
- cvalka 2y agoThat's the point! It's impossible to comply with it. If it were an open source license, it'd require every component to be released under an open source license.