If I were working at ElasticSearch/Kibana, I would be filling a DMCA takedown on GitHub against all the offending repos.
This is how to defend your copyright and trademark.
And yes, it's getting into aggressive territory and not everybody might agree with that strategy, but that's how the game is played. It's a full on conflict and the result might very well kill elastic in the long term if no action is taken now.
> This is how to defend your copyright and trademark.
The DMCA will not help you with trademark enforcement, and the license under which Amazon received ElasticSearch allows distribution of both the original and derivative works.
It can do. The case is more complex than just copying some original work.
Get a lawyer for a week, they will find 7 angles to defend the company. If not the DMCA there are a other simple procedures that big players have to follow.
ElasticSearch is a billion dollar company. It's the least they could do.
If I were working at ElasticSearch/Kibana, I would be filling a DMCA takedown on GitHub against all the offending repos.
This is how to defend your copyright and trademark.
And yes, it's getting into aggressive territory and not everybody might agree with that strategy, but that's how the game is played. It's a full on conflict and the result might very well kill elastic in the long term if no action is taken now.