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For 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

For 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 ago
That doesn't magically make it open source
- altdataseller 5y ago
  OK, sure it's not open source then. Most people don't care.
  - mixedCase 5y ago
    Elasticsearch is a tool aimed at software developers. A number pretty close to 100% of its userbase should care about licenses.
    - altdataseller 5y ago
      Should and do are 2 completely different things.