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That's what "source available" means. Open Source is a much stricter definition, which includes not discriminating what your user is going to do with the softwa
by mixedCase 5y ago
That's what "source available" means. Open Source is a much stricter definition, which includes not discriminating what your user is going to do with the software.
From https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
- altdataseller 5y agoFor a lot of developers, there is no practical difference because they are not building a managed service around Elasticsearch (like Amazon is). They are using it for their own private, commercial purposes, whatever it may be.
- maccolgan 5y agoThat doesn't magically make it open source
- altdataseller 5y agoOK, sure it's not open source then. Most people don't care.
- mixedCase 5y agoElasticsearch is a tool aimed at software developers. A number pretty close to 100% of its userbase should care about licenses.
- altdataseller 5y agoShould and do are 2 completely different things.