[dragonwriter]

> Pragmatically, this is still open source software,

No, it's free of charge shared-source software. The OSI and FSF open source and free software definitions are virtually identical despite their very different philosophy because any less freedom than they call for quickly collapses the benefits of the arrangement.

[nvahalik]

I'd say GP is correct, but only insofar as that Redis Labs hasn't changed it yet:

> Today, most cloud providers offer Redis as a managed service over their infrastructure and enjoy huge income from software that was not developed by them. Redis’ permissive BSD open source license allows them to do so legally, but this must be changed.