Redis, an in-memory data store, has reverted to open source licensing with the release of Redis 8, now available under the AGPL v3 license. This decision marks a reversal from Redis’s previous shift to proprietary licensing, which had sparked controversy due to its attempt to secure payment from cloud providers for hosting Redis as a managed service. The move follows significant market pressure, with major cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and Oracle supporting the Valkey fork. Redis argues that the AGPL license offers adequate protection against cloud providers while still meeting open source requirements. The Redis 8 release also includes new features such as vector sets and the integration of previously separate Redis Stack features, including JSON, Time Series, and probabilistic data support.
Redis, the popular in-memory data store, has returned to open source licensing with the release of Redis 8, now available under the AGPL v3 license. This decision marks a reversal from Redis’s previous shift to proprietary licensing last year, which aimed to secure payment from cloud providers for hosting Redis as a managed service. The move follows significant market pressure, with major cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and Oracle backing the Valkey fork, which gained momentum in the open source community.
Redis believes that the AGPL license provides sufficient protection from cloud providers while still meeting open source requirements. The Redis 8 release incorporates vector sets and the integration of previously separate Redis Stack features, including JSON, Time Series, and probabilistic data support. This decision reflects the company’s acknowledgment of the importance of maintaining an open source model in the face of market pressures and evolving technological trends.