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I don't read that as antagonistic. I think you're just being too sensitive, or reading a tone into the test that isn't actually there.

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It just doesn't sound very friendly to the open source community.

"If they won’t then we will." sounds harsh imho.

You should read about the concept of "forking": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development)#Fo...

It's fundamental to the health and growth of the open source community.

I am aware. Community management is different from what is legally possible. Were a project owner start to act in a self-interested or malicious manner, then I think proudly and aggressively forking a project is a great idea. That's not Redis. Like I said, it may be a good idea to have a multi-threaded Redis, but Redis users tend to love Redis. I would probably lean into that goodwill instead of against it.

I don't see forking as being aggressive. It's the natural thing to do if you want to take the project in a different direction to its stewards. Often lessons are learned from that process and the learnings integrated back into the main project.

Forking is not violence you perpetuate against people you dislike.

It's a freedom; a person can disagree and go their own way instead of being hounded by zealots demanding compliance in the guise of friendliness.

I'm simply offering the advice that the tone seems unfriendly and is likely to be taken as such by Redis users (aka potential customers).

> a person can disagree and go their own way instead of being hounded by zealots demanding compliance in the guise of friendliness

This is exactly the kind of aggressive and nebulously political tone that would not help a project gain adoption. Why be hostile?

I was going to ask about where you see hostility. But judging by your comment history, it looks like you're just trolling and starting flame wars :\

Jeez i'd lose my fucking jaw laughing if antirez loses sleep on that.

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