Redis has recently changed the license of some of its modules from Apache-2.0 to Apache-2.0 together with the so called “Commons Clause”.
This new clause at the very least makes those Redis modules not FOSS any more and may cause issues with downstream distributors and hosts. As an example, in Fedora it seems they will not distribute those modules in the future.
I wonder how much these modules are needed or (expected to be) used when running Nextcloud with Redis?
More info:
The most important Redis-relevant bit:
The Redis core is, and always will remain, an open source BSD[-3-Clause] license. Certain modules, however, are now licensed as “Apache 2.0 modified with Commons Clause.”
Affected modules
On a quick look, the following modules seem to be affected (i.e. all currently actively maintained modules):
- reJSON – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
- RediSearch – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
- RedisGraph – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
- Redis TimeSeries – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
- RedisML – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
- Rebloom – Apache-2.0 with Commons Clause
The following modules are still under the same license as before, but also have not been updated in a while:
- RedaBlooms – AGPL-3.0-or-later (deprecated by Rebloom)
- Redex / RedisEx – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Redis Secondary Index Module – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- PyRedis / RedisModulesSDX – MIT
- CountMinSketch – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- TopK – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Password – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- GraphicsMagick (the Redis wrapper for it) – AGPL-3.0-or-later
- pam_auth – AGPL-3.0-or-later
