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- Redis core remains under the vanilla BSD license; only certain Redis Labs modules changed from AGPL to a non-open-source license.
- Open core requires a modular system where proprietary parts remove something useful from the free software, which is not the case for Redis.
- Redis was made modular to allow extensions beyond its core scope, not to remove features for monetization.
- Redis Labs develops proprietary features (e.g., full-text search, JSON, graph, CRDTs) that are outside Redis's intended scope and not part of the open source core.
- The model is not open core because nothing is taken away from the free Redis; instead, new functionality is added separately.