Open Distro for Elasticsearch

Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by king07828 on Monday March 11, 2019 @09:57PM (#19364690)

If they wanted to monetize it, why not patent the new features, demand royalties from AWS, set royalty rates of $0 for small to mid size businesses, and keep it open source? Or customize the patent so that it's only enforceable against AWS.

I realize "patent" is a dirty word around here, but aside from that, what are the issues with the above strategy and is there truly no possible way around those issues?

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Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday March 11, 2019 @10:59PM (#19364974)

I realize our patent system is totally fucked up, but hopefully not so fucked up that things like "user authentication" can be patented.

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Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by speedplane on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:54AM (#19365516)

> I realize our patent system is totally fucked up, but hopefully not so fucked up that things like "user authentication" can be patented.

You kidding? You have no idea how many user authentication patent battles have been fought.

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Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by reitanqild on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:10AM (#19365803)

Have a look at patents for rodent traps. Over 4000 and counting IIRC. Get inspired.

Or not. I'm no fan of software patents.

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Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by anth_anm on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:01PM (#19364993)

Amazon patented 1 click checkout.

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Re:Open Distro for Elasticsearch by anth_anm on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:01PM (#19364991)

meh, amazon sues over the patents and gets them tossed out then introduces a compatible API anyway.

You can't beat Amazon. You can't beat google. You can't beat Microsoft.

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