Name: You Never Know When You Need a Fork - Madelyn Olson, AWS & Viktor Söderqvist, Ericsson
Start: 2024-09-17T16:00:00+0200
End: 2024-09-17T16:40:00+0200

September 16-18, 2024
Vienna, Austria
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Tuesday September 17, 2024 16:00 - 16:40 CEST

Room 0.94-0.95 (Level 0)

What happens when a beloved open-source project used by millions of developers suddenly changes to a non-open source license? In this session learn about what lead to the creation of Valkey, the open-source alternative to the now proprietary Redis project. In this talk, two Valkey maintainers will discuss how Valkey was created and the lessons learned along the way. We'll discuss the concerns that existed in our community before the fork, the challenges we faced during the creation of the new project, and where we want to take Valkey in the future.

Speakers

Madelyn Olson

Principal Engineer, AWS

Madelyn Olson is a Principal Engineer at AWS and a member of the Valkey Technical Steering Committee. When she is not busy writing databases, she enjoys hiking the serene nature of the pacific northwest.

Viktor Söderqvist

Open source developer, Ericsson

Viktor is an open source developer at Ericsson, contributing to several projects. The last few years, he was contributing to Redis, but recently his focus has been on Valkey, the open source fork of Redis, which he together with a few more active contributors forked and now maint... Read More →

Tuesday September 17, 2024 16:00 - 16:40 CEST
Room 0.94-0.95 (Level 0)

Open Source Leadership Summit

Audience Level Beginner

Open Source Summit Europe 2024

Madelyn Olson

Viktor Söderqvist

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