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inshadows on Jan 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elasticsearch does not belong to Elastic

IANAL

If I fork the commit before license change, rename everything to not clash with trademarks, can I then pick commits from their repo into my still-Apache licensed forks?

EDIT: Can I use SSPL licensed software in my commercial server-side application for free?

rognjen on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

As far as I understand it, you couldn't because the following commits would use be under the new license.

And if I remember correctly from some other similar case, picking a commit might create a new version which is then entirely under the new licence.

IANAL either though.

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