Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all

Open source users warn adoption of copyleft licence could make use of Elasticsearch, Kibana a business risk

Elastic, whose products include Elasticsearch and Kibana, has adopted a new licence called SSPL (Server Side Public License), as used by MongoDB. The aim is "to restrict cloud service providers from offering our software as a service," but others warn this could make the products risky to use unless a paid-for licence is adopted.…