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Re:OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana by sokoloff on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:37PM (#26786491)
I don’t see this as abuse, but rather an easily contemplated and straightforward use of the license.
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Re:OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana by jimmy2020 on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:41PM (#26786515)
What's straightforward about forking an open source project to get more money?
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Re:OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana by sokoloff on Monday April 12, 2021 @08:05PM (#26786641)
The license is not complex, but maybe the Wikipedia summary explanation of the license will help explain how it’s straightforward?

> The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation(ASF).[6] It allows users to use the software for any purpose, to distribute it, to modify it, and to distribute modified versions of the software under the terms of the license, without concern for royalties

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License

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Re:OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana by jimmy2020 on Monday April 12, 2021 @08:09PM (#26786665)
Well, I thought you are following the discussion here.
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