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After a long period of discussions and uncertainty, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that they'll be migrating the Wikipedia search backend (CirrusSearch) from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch...

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SXK2FODVJP3R3GRSYE2V2ODPUO74YLFO/

...and now, just a couple weeks later, Elasticsearch has announced that they're open source again under AGPL. Impeccable timing.

https://simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/29/elasticsearch-is-open-source-again/