That's not the exactly what's been happening. I'll give you a more accurate timeline
Elastic: Hey here is some software. You are free to use it without paying us
Community: Awesome!
... years go by and the community is loving it, Elastic is loving it everything is great
AWS: Wow! Free, popular software. Millions of dollars already invested in it so we don't have to. We'll take it for free and sell it.
... years go by
Elastic: Hey AWS! So glad you like our software but we can see that your actions are hurting our business which will hurt the software and the community in the future if we don't do anything. What do you think about making a deal?
AWS: Lol, suck it.
... years go by where other cloud providers make deals with Elastic
Elastic: Okay AWS, from now on we are changing our license so you and other companies similar to yours cannot re-sell it
AWS (and their fans): What, how dare you?! We've made millions by reselling it as our own, and not you are going to restrict us doing exactly that. You dick!
> AWS (and their fans): What, how dare you?! We've made millions by reselling it as our own, and not you are going to restrict us doing exactly that. You dick!
The latest event is more like
AWS: Ok, your choice, we'll keep developing and making available an open-source version with the original license.
Elastic: Hey here is some software. You are free to use it without paying us Community: Awesome!
... years go by and the community is loving it, Elastic is loving it everything is great
AWS: Wow! Free, popular software. Millions of dollars already invested in it so we don't have to. We'll take it for free and sell it.
... years go by
Elastic: Hey AWS! So glad you like our software but we can see that your actions are hurting our business which will hurt the software and the community in the future if we don't do anything. What do you think about making a deal?
AWS: Lol, suck it.
... years go by where other cloud providers make deals with Elastic
Elastic: Okay AWS, from now on we are changing our license so you and other companies similar to yours cannot re-sell it
AWS (and their fans): What, how dare you?! We've made millions by reselling it as our own, and not you are going to restrict us doing exactly that. You dick!