Elasic Search license change to SSPL affecting Magento2 license (original) (raw)

Elastic Search changed to the SSPL license (according to OSI not even "open source" anymore).
This may or may not remove the abilty of Magento2 to use it in it's current version as a search
enginge for category listing while keeping Magento2 under the current license.

License:
https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license

Quote:
"13. Offering the Program as a Service.

If you make the functionality of the Program or a modified version available to third parties as a service, you must make the Service Source Code available via network download to everyone at no charge, under the terms of this License. Making the functionality of the Program or modified version available to third parties as a service includes, without limitation, enabling third parties to interact with the functionality of the Program or modified version remotely through a computer network, offering a service the value of which entirely or primarily derives from the value of the Program or modified version, or offering a service that accomplishes for users the primary purpose of the Program or modified version."