0011: Elastic License 2.0
Context
Section titled “Context”0009 chose the AGPLv3 so nobody could resell the hosting without giving back. The AGPL doesn’t stop that: anyone may run Artbucket as a paid service, as long as they publish their changes. The intent was stronger: free for everyone to use, but not the base of someone else’s SaaS.
Decision
Section titled “Decision”Everything in Artbucket’s source repository is under the
Elastic License 2.0,
except its ee/ folder, which stays reserved for a separate commercial license and
empty. Anyone may use, copy, change and self-host Artbucket, for free, for
any purpose, including inside a company and in commercial work. What the
license forbids is providing it to third parties as a hosted or managed
service. The line between free and ee/ is unchanged from 0009 and
0006.
Consequences
Section titled “Consequences”- Artbucket is source-available, not open source by the OSI definition.
- A company running it for its own people, its brands, or the partners and contractors it works with is fine; selling access to it as a service is not.
- Changes no longer have to be published.
- Contributions are accepted under the same license.