Redis switches to more restrictive license

Leading in-memory database vendor Redis is adopting a dual-licensing model, imposing far stricter terms on companies offering Redis as a service. 

In an official announcement, Redis Labs stated that starting with version 7.4, Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and the controversial Server Side Public License (SSPLv1).

This is not the first time Redis has changed licensing terms. In 2018, it shifted some modules to a more...

22 March 2024 | Databases

Building a new execution platform for Redis clients

Over the last decade, Redis has become a popular, widely used in-memory cache. Unlike most distributed caches, it offers a compelling set of built-in data structures that enhance its capabilities beyond just storing serialized objects.

Created in 2009 as a single-server store to assist in the design of a web server, Redis gives applications numerous useful options for organizing and retrieving stored data, including sets, lists, hashes, and sorted sets. A few years...

12 September 2022 | Platforms

Building a new execution platform for Redis clients

Over the last decade, Redis has become a popular, widely used in-memory cache.

Unlike most distributed caches, it offers a compelling set of built-in data structures that enhance its capabilities beyond just storing serialised objects. Created in 2009 as a single-server store to assist in the design of a web server, Redis gives applications numerous useful options for organising and retrieving stored data, including sets, lists, hashes, and sorted sets.

A few years on...

5 May 2022 | Development Tools

2021 Stack Overflow Survey: React.js takes the web framework crown, Python is in-demand, and devs still love Rust

The 2021 edition of Stack Overflow’s developer survey features both substantial changes in the landscape while other elements have remained stubbornly resilient.

In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s Ben Popper and David Gibson wrote:

“This year’s survey was a little different than ones in years past. We opened our 2020 survey in February, and by the time we got around to publishing the results, the reality of work and daily life had shifted dramatically for people...

3 August 2021 | Development Tools