--- title: The end of vendor-backed open source? | daily.dev description: Redis and Elasticsearch recently changed their open-source licenses, which may have significant impacts on the respective communities and specialized users.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-vendor-backed-open-source--3khs8s4bt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The end of vendor-backed open source? | daily.dev og:description: Redis and Elasticsearch recently changed their open-source licenses, which may have significant impacts on the respective communities and specialized users.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-vendor-backed-open-source--3khs8s4bt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3KHs8s4BT.png og:image:alt: The end of vendor-backed open source? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The end of vendor-backed open source? **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Redis and Elasticsearch recently changed their open-source licenses, which may have significant impacts on the respective communities and specialized users. 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