[chelmzy]

I was under the impression that they already opened the code for X-Pack features.

[lol768]

Were these features licensed in such a way that you could freely use them, though? Or was it 'open' as in "you can see the code" but it's not FOSS?

[javagram]

x-pack is not FOSS which is why amazon can’t use it.

[lol768]

As I thought - thanks for confirming.

[Jedd]

Refer this thread from 2018-02 when the X-Pack licensing change was announced:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16487440

Summary -- vague use of the word 'open' and exclusive use of free in the beer sense, led to some significant angst about what this means for end users.