AWS announces open-source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana
Just one week after Elastic's announcement, Amazon Web Services declared its intention to create and maintain its own Apache 2.0-licensed fork of the last Apache 2.0 versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana.
Significance
This commitment from a major cloud provider provided a lifeline for users and signaled a firm stance against the restrictive licensing, setting the stage for the OpenSearch Project.
Key facts
- Date
- 2021-01-21
- Type
- milestone
- Location
- Seattle, Washington (AWS Headquarters, virtually announced)