As a maintainer of another open-source search project (https://github.com/typesense/typesense https://github.com/typesense/typesense), this whole saga has left

As a maintainer of another open-source search project (https://github.com/typesense/typesense https://github.com/typesense/typesense), this whole saga has left a pretty sour taste. At the end of the day, being truly committed to open source is difficult once you start feeling the revenue pressure. The very openness of the license that drives the growth of the project and the community in the early days becomes an albatross around your neck. Once you have raised a lot of money, there is tremendous pressure sooner or later to own the market and to justify the insane revenue multiples at which many companies are raising. It's a delicate path. If you set the expectations right, I think the Cloud market is large enough to accommodate several companies in most verticals. However, "growth at all costs" requires walking back on your ideals and promises.