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For those worried about EOL, Redis 7.4 will be the first release under the new license, leaving 7.2 as the last release with the old one. Redis supports 2 additional releases at a given time: latest major.(minor-1), (major-1).(last-minor).

This roughly means that 6.2 will go out of support once 8.0 is released, and 7.2 will go out of support once 7.6, or 8.0 is released.

Looking at prior releases, my guess would be to expect a 8.0 release around Mar-May 2025. So if you're relying on Redis under the 3BSD license, plan accordingly.

Note that Ubuntu packages redis under the `universe` repo, which means security upgrades are only available to Ubuntu Pro customers. So Ubuntu 20.04 will stop redis upgrades on Apr 2024, except for Ubuntu Pro users under ESM.

Debian 11/12 track Redis 6.0/7.0, so they are responsible for backporting the patches from 7.2. Unsure how this will happen once 7.2 stops receiving security updates, and they only go to the 7.4 branch.

Also note that you might be impacted indirectly (even if your usage of redis fits with the new license), because your distro will likely drop redis from its official repos in the next release, so should account for that in the next distro upgrade cycle.

(I maintain https://endoflife.date/redis, happy to merge PRs if someone has clarity on how this might impact EOL/Support)



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