The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of the Valkey project, which is a fork of the Redis project that has recently switched its software license from BSD to SSPL following the guidance of Redis Inc., the main developer of the project. Valkey will continue to develop the last version of Redis, 2.7.4, which still uses the BSD license. The Linux Foundation justified this decision by stating that Redis is a highly popular NoSQL database in memory, ranking as the 6th most popular database of all types (according to a survey by Stack Overflow in 2023). The change in the license has had broad implications. The Valkey project is determined to take Redis and continue its development while maintaining the original license and following an open development process overseen by the Linux Foundation.
Members joining the Valkey development include AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle, Ericsson, and Snap, with Madelyn Olson, a former Redis maintainer and current senior engineer at AWS, leading the project. The name Valkey is derived from the word Valkyrie and the project’s repository is now available on GitHub.
Valkey is not the first project to fork the original Redis source code. Previously, another developer announced a project called Redict.
TLDR: The Linux Foundation has launched the Valkey project as a fork of Redis to continue its development with the original license, involving key industry players and led by Madelyn Olson.
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