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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

TL;DR: Money. Just like when ElasticSearch changed license, they forked and went with OpenSearch.

[โ€“] lysdexic 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think it's not exactly money, but avoiding a scenario where their business can be held hostage by a company which in practice is trying to force them into a commercial license.

Notice that AWS is far from being alone in this move, as the massive support around Valley shows.