Brief aside: if you're wondering why the Linux Foundation endorsed Valkey, it helps to note that 4/5 of the commercial interests behind Valkey are gold or platinum members of the Linux Foundation.
Together the leadership of Valkey represents a bit over $1.1M of the Linux Foundation's annual budget. They say "jump" and LF says "how high".
LF is a consortium of commercial interests, nothing more.
@drewdevault Yes, absolutely, the LF is a 501(c)(6) which means they exist to serve the interests of their members. The actions they take are in the interest of their members... but how do those members arrive at their positions? My opinion is that it is up to the technical leadership within the companies to champion why we should be using copyleft licenses and advocate for that. At which point the LF supports what the membership asks for it to support.
@alexmu it transparently exists to serve and be governed and directed by commercial interests -- and it uses a permissive license, which is a recipe for repeating history.
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