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> A few years ago, AWS basically forked ElasticSearch to offer it as a service, much to the open source community’s dismay. In response, and after some time, El
by prepend 5y ago
> A few years ago, AWS basically forked ElasticSearch to offer it as a service, much to the open source community’s dismay. In response, and after some time, Elastic decided to change the licensing on ElasticSearch earlier this year to restrict its downstream use, again, much to the open source community’s dismay
I get annoyed a little when people try to ascribe a feeling to a large group. I don’t think “the open source community” was dismayed about either of these actions.
- whoaisme 5y ago"I get annoyed a little when people try to ascribe a feeling to a large group. I don’t think “the open source community” was dismayed about either of these actions." Lol irony
- josephcsible 5y ago> I don’t think “the open source community” was dismayed about either of these actions. I do. A major piece of software suddenly stopped being open source.
- lacksconfidence 5y agoIt may not be open source, but it still offers much of what I think is important. Development is done in the open, very much following the bazaar model. Users of the software are free to read, modify, and release forks/patches of the source code. For the vast, vast majority of users that are not trying to sell elasticsearch as a service the terms of the license may have changed, but in practical terms all the things I care about are still there.