Varnish Cache to Be Renamed Vinyl Cache Project

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Varnish Cache is being rebranded as Vinyl Cache, sparking controversy among users who suspect a corporate takeover and potential trademark issues.

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burnt-resistor

4 months ago

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Footgunning is what happens when a FOSS project sells out, hands power over to a corporation, and puts the lawyers in-charge. Hoping the leopards weren't going to eat your face was and is always wishful thinking.

PSA: All fellow software engineers: please, for the love of god/allah/fsm, know a good amount business and IP works AND hire a lawyer to ensure things are copacetic in all relevant jurisdictions before entering into any agreement, or employment, consulting, partnership, or vendor deals. Please CYA and be careful.

joshstrange

4 months ago

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I think you’ve misunderstood the article. The FOSS didn’t sell out. It seems that Varnish (as an open source project) was created/sponsored by a company who later took the name “Varnish Software”. It was sponsored by a company but not bought and we wouldn’t have had Varnish at all if not for that sponsorship (to literally create the software in the first place).

They admit they should have gotten a firm agreement about their use of the name but it wasn’t a FOSS selling out and handing over power.

ksec

4 months ago

And I also understand why Varnish Software might not want the IP rights just in case the bot get mixed up. I actually think departing and with a new name is perhaps the best outcome.

ldng

4 months ago

Well, that'll put “Varnish Software” straight to my blacklist.

pull_my_finger

4 months ago

I recalled the naming from Tarantool[1], which seems to be in a competing space. Upon checking the docs, it appears their "Vinyl" offering refers to the on-disk part of Tarantool, and not the in-memory component.

[1]: https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/platform/engines/viny...

eyeris

4 months ago

Anyone else have cache poisoning issues with Varnish recently?

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