More like Elastic panicking when they realized the traction OpenSearch is getting at a number of companies.
Being flexible is kinda the point of an elastic.
Maybe a ridiculous writing style for a blog post about software licensing?
Came here looking whether anyone else found the weird teenager writing style getting on the way of the real message.
I was wondering what the fuck was going on and whether this was internal community meme or style that I just wasn't aware of. Turns out it's just cringey corporate goons being cringey corporate goons.
> We've altered the license terms. Pray we don't alter them any further.
It's hard to not be sceptical about their motivation.