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Elastic is not and legally cannot change the license of code contributed in the past. That code will always carry the original license.
by alisonkisk 6y ago
Elastic is not and legally cannot change the license of code contributed in the past.
That code will always carry the original license.
- motives 6y agoYou are correct, sorry my wording was clumsy and inaccurate. I should have clarified that the project itself is now under a different license, though I believe the net effect is similar to relicensing the original code, as forks are unlikely to be sustainable.