Posted by msmash from the ticket-closed dept.
Elastic, creator of popular search engine Elasticsearch and visualization tool Kibana, plans to introduce the AGPL open-source license alongside its existing licenses. The move comes three years after Elastic ditched the Apache 2.0 license, sparking controversy in the tech community.
Founder Shay Banon says the change aims to clarify Elastic’s market position following AWS’s creation of OpenSearch, a fork of Elasticsearch. Despite initial friction, Banon claims Elastic’s relationship with AWS has improved, citing growth in Elastic Cloud revenue and customer base.
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