Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary

Posted Jan 31, 2021 19:14 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary by pizza
Parent article: Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary

> In the US at least, this has explicitly not been a copyright violation for about 40 years.

Then how does trial-ware (aka "if you like it pay for it") work? You can freely copy and share it, but in order to actually use it "for real" you're expected to pay for it. The licence is quite clear ...

Cheers,
Wol

Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary

Posted Jan 31, 2021 20:48 UTC (Sun) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

That has always "worked" via the honor system.