Dear OpenBSD maintainers,

I am writing to suggest replacing Redis with Valkey in OpenBSD ports due 
to the licensing changes Redis made in March of this year that 
negatively impact user freedoms.

Starting with version 7.4, Redis has moved from the permissive BSD 
3-Clause License to a dual licensing model under the Redis Source 
Available License (RSALv2) and the Server Side Public License (SSPLv1) 
[1]. These licenses impose restrictions that particularly impact cloud 
usage and broader software distribution, effectively removing Redis from 
the open source category as defined by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) 
[2] [3].

This shift undermines user freedoms, including the ability to freely 
use, modify, and redistribute the software without complex legal 
conditions. In response, Valkey [4] has emerged as a fully open source 
fork of Redis, maintained under the original BSD 3-Clause License. It is 
supported by major industry players such as AWS, Google Cloud, and the 
Linux Foundation [5].

I am aware that the current Redis port in the tree is still at version 
6.2.14, but I think that when it comes time to upgrade to a newer 
version, users would benefit from replacing Redis with Valkey, or trying 
to replace Redis with Valkey as a dependency in as many ports as possible.

I look forward to your feedback on this suggestion.

Best regards.

[1]: https://redis.io/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/
[2]: 
https://www.osnews.com/story/139113/redis-license-change-and-forking-are-a-mess-that-everybody-can-feel-bad-about/
[3]: 
https://www.missioncloud.com/blog/redis-licensing-change-what-aws-customers-need-to-know/
[4]: https://valkey.io/
[5]: 
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/03/28/213213/linux-foundation-launches-valkey-as-a-redis-fork/