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Elasticsearch is open source, again (www.elastic.co)

submitted 2 months ago by prslmblackhole@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Either one of those, or it'll be one package and you choose the edition at install time, and it installs the appropriate features. (Or, if using a package manager, your distro will have the free one, and there will probably be a nonfree package available from the elastic site.)

[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, that makes sense, thank you.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

There are also cases where it's the exact same code base, but purchasing a license allows you to do things that you otherwise couldn't (for AGPL, that would mean the ability to run a modified version of the code without making your modifications available to customers).