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		soheil on Jan 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Licensing changes to Elasticsearch and Kibana > It can remain on version 7.10, but then it will no longer receive future updates Does this mean anyone using version 7.10 or lower is not bound by SSPL license and Apache2 still applies?

l3s2d on Jan 14, 2021 | [–]

I think this is true in general. Any code that is made available an open source license is available under that license in perpetuity.

Xylakant on Jan 14, 2021 | [–]

Yes. Any version released under a given license remains under that license, it cannot be retroactively changed.

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