Comment on Security for Elasticsearch is now freeparentComments−chelmzy7yI was under the impression that they already opened the code for X-Pack features.−lol7687yWere these features licensed in such a way that you could freely use them, though? Or was it 'open' as in "you can see the code" but it's not FOSS?−javagram7yx-pack is not FOSS which is why amazon can’t use it.−lol7687yAs I thought - thanks for confirming.−Jedd7yRefer this thread from 2018-02 when the X-Pack licensing change was announced:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16487440Summary -- vague use of the word 'open' and exclusive use of free in the beer sense, led to some significant angst about what this means for end users.
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I was under the impression that they already opened the code for X-Pack features.
Were these features licensed in such a way that you could freely use them, though? Or was it 'open' as in "you can see the code" but it's not FOSS?
x-pack is not FOSS which is why amazon can’t use it.
As I thought - thanks for confirming.
Refer this thread from 2018-02 when the X-Pack licensing change was announced:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16487440
Summary -- vague use of the word 'open' and exclusive use of free in the beer sense, led to some significant angst about what this means for end users.