It was. The idea behind free software was the software was free, but you'd sell the support -- installation help (floppies even) Elastic were on board with th

It was. The idea behind free software was the software was free, but you'd sell the support -- installation help (floppies even) Elastic were on board with that, and it worked Until a larger incumbent decided to do their own support (fine), but then sell their service. Not even a price thing. Far easier for me to spend $50k a year with aws than $5k a year with elastic because we already have a relationship and framework with aws. They've switched to AGPL, which is a great license, they were just too late, they're the poster child of why AGPL is so important (whether it's another or not is another question)