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> Could this potentially drive users to the Amazon fork? Um, about that... > When Amazon announced their Open Distro for Elasticsearch fork, they used code th
by mintplant 6y ago
> Could this potentially drive users to the Amazon fork?
Um, about that...
> When Amazon announced their Open Distro for Elasticsearch fork, they used code that we believe was copied by a third party from our commercial code and provided it as part of the Open Distro project. We believe this further divided our community and drove additional confusion.
- minhazm 6y agoIt's interesting that they phrased it like that. If they were confident about this, they would easily be able to prove this in court and it would be a very simple case of copyright infringement right?
- TheRealDunkirk 6y agoIf IBM v. SCO taught us anything, it should have taught us that "easily... prove" and "in court" do not belong in the same sentence. The case SHOULD have been thrown out in 5 minutes due to lack of merit, which ANY programmer could see. Instead, it took FOURTEEN YEARS to decide, and is STILL working through appeals. Microsoft funded the litigation, and the scumbag executives of SCO continued to get paid through most of this charade. It all still makes my blood boil.
- paxys 6y agoYeah I'm not sure how much weight this holds, especially considering one paragraph later they transition into accusing Amazon of being "inspired" by their commercial features.
- FireBeyond 6y agoThey have a lawsuit open against the third party. I would presume that "inspired" is covering themselves from libel until they have a judgment that this happened (assuming it appears).
- mintplant 6y agoThey're currently suing the third party mentioned.