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It could still be with AWS in mind. After this change, they'll be in a better negotiation position vs. AWS, since AWS can't (as easily) threaten that they'll bu
by sandstrom 5y ago
It could still be with AWS in mind. After this change, they'll be in a better negotiation position vs. AWS, since AWS can't (as easily) threaten that they'll build their own competing offer.
- toomanybeersies 5y ago> AWS can't (as easily) threaten that they'll build their own competing offer Elasticsearch changed their licence for more or less this reason [1]. So it wouldn't surprise me if Grafana's motivation was to solidify their position against Amazon. [1] https://www.elastic.co/blog/why-license-change-AWS https://www.elastic.co/blog/why-license-change-AWS
- ignaloidas 5y ago> Elasticsearch changed their licence for more or less this reason And look how it's going for them. AWS very nicely forked elsasticsearch and now has the fork that seems to be gathering quite a bit of momentum. I doubt that AWS was even considering talking with them after they announced the license change.