Elasticsearch and Kibana source code: choice of ELv2, SSPL 1.0 or AGPLv3
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- Kind
- Restriction
- Statement
- FAQ on Software Licensing (change log 2024-08-29): Elastic added AGPLv3 “as an option for the free portions of the source code of Elasticsearch and Kibana that is currently available under the Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2) and SSPL 1.0”, giving users the choice of which license to apply. “Our releases will continue to be under the Elastic License.” The change was expected before 8.16 was generally available. The FAQ describes SSPL as requiring that a provider of the product as a service publicly release modifications and management-layer source under SSPL, and AGPLv3 as requiring modifications and derivative works to be made available under the same license. Client libraries remain Apache 2.0; only Elasticsearch and Kibana are affected.
- Applies when
- Using the source code rather than Elastic's distributions.
- Applies to
- Source code of Elasticsearch and Kibana (AGPLv3 applies to the free portions).
- Aliases
- triple licensing; AGPL option
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