alt Hacker NewsElastic isn't Open Source though, they abandoned Open Source. It seems to me like this is an example of non-Open Source whatever licensing causing job loss. Or just plain bad leadership.
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echelon • today at 1:36 AM
They switched from open source when big tech stole their goodies.
It was too late to stop it.
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(Elastic employee here) Elastic is in fact open source again.
- Was originally open source Apache license
- Switched to non-open source Elastic license in Jan 2021 [^1]
- Switched to open source AGPL license in Aug 2024 [^2]
Not to defend the license change(s).
[1] https://www.elastic.co/blog/licensing-change
[2] https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-is-open-source-aga...