Redis Pulls Back on Open Source Licensing, Citing Stingy Cloud Services

The database Redis is incredibly popular according to the 2018 StackOverflow Developer Survey. The StackOverflow study reported Redis was the “most loved” of any database, which means that based on future plans it expects to retain the largest percentage users over the next year. Of the 18 percent of developers that use Redis, 65 percent want to use the database in the future. Moreover, many of the largest Web and mobile services rely on Redis for fast delivery of cached content, including Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, GitHub, Docker Hub, and Stack Overflow.


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