Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary

The only “other side of this” that matters is that Elastic's CEO cashed out one hundred million dollars of shares immediately before the bait and switch announcement. Here's the literal receipt: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707753/000120919...

Long-time readers may remember Intel's CEO did the same in more spectacular fashion before Spectre/Meltdown dropped, and the company has been in an accelerating downward spiral since.

This isn't some indie developer getting bullied by Amazon. It's a billion-dollar company making bank off openwashing and CLAs to enrich one greedhead at the top, just like the rest of them. Don't lie to the internet. They will find out, and they will make you pay.