Re:AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana
by bawolff on Thursday January 21, 2021 @10:48PM
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> Nothing about the new ES license would've prevented me from using it for free in the previous places I've used it for free, as far as I can tell.
It would have prevented its use in a previous company i worked at (largely for ideaological not practical concerns).
> Totally "open" open source only works if everyone is a good actor, which was never a realistic assumption, but it took a while for that naivety to cost so much, I guess.
That seems like a silly conclusion. Amazon is being a good actor by all accounts. On top of that Elastic is like a 15 billion dollar company, if that's not working, i need to get going on a business venture that doesnt work.
Anyways what makes you think they would be succesful if they used the license from day 1. Having your cake and eating it too only works if you switch halfway through.
It would have prevented its use in a previous company i worked at (largely for ideaological not practical concerns).
> Totally "open" open source only works if everyone is a good actor, which was never a realistic assumption, but it took a while for that naivety to cost so much, I guess.
That seems like a silly conclusion. Amazon is being a good actor by all accounts. On top of that Elastic is like a 15 billion dollar company, if that's not working, i need to get going on a business venture that doesnt work.
Anyways what makes you think they would be succesful if they used the license from day 1. Having your cake and eating it too only works if you switch halfway through.