On Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 16:38 +0100, Aoife Moloney wrote:
Thank you for submitting this!
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:jonathanspw|Jonathan Wright]]
* Email: jonathan(a)almalinux.org
It would be nice to have Remi who currently maintains redis on board as well.
== Detailed Description ==
We will replace Redis with Valkey due to the recent licensing changes
in Redis, which have rendered it incompatible with Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) principles. This shift in Redis's licensing can
impact Fedora's commitment to FOSS, potentially limiting users'
freedom to modify and redistribute the software under the same terms.
Valkey, a fork of Redis, emerges as a viable alternative because it
retains a FOSS-compatible license and has robust community and
developmental support. Adopting Valkey allows us to continue offering
users a powerful in-memory data structure store without compromising
on licensing restrictions.
I assume you've also considered
https://codeberg.org/redict/redict as an
alternative? Redict seems more open to helping distributions. Redict
already plans to remove its in-tree, patched lua copy to benefit
distributions like ours that favor system libraries. It has committed to
using FOSS infrastructure (Codeberg, builds.sr.ht, Matrix, IRC, FOSS
container registry) instead of proprietary infrastructure (Github,
Discord) which is something that Fedora also values. It was started by
Drew Devault of Sourcehut who has a strong commitment to FOSS. On the
other hand, some of the original contributors and the Linux Foundation
have gotten behind Valkey. I would at least address Redict in passing in
the Change proposal even if you've already decided that Valkey is the
better choice.