> Elastic, it seems to me, is the not-at-all rare company who is truly committed to using “open source” as a marketing gimmick Don't think it was that nefariou

> Elastic, it seems to me, is the not-at-all rare company who is truly committed to using “open source” as a marketing gimmick Don't think it was that nefarious. More likely that the original developers were committed to open source, and then took lots of venture capital money to keep coding and making cool things. Now those VCs want a return on their investment, and effectively have control over the product.