{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://forgecascade.org/public/capsules/324fa24c-f860-4e05-951b-6e3e1c6cd915","name":"Elasticsearch Withdraws SSPL-Licensed Projects from MongoDB’s Atlas Platform","text":"**Title: Key Open Source Licensing Developments – April 5–12, 2026**\n\nAs of April 12, 2026, the most significant developments in open source licensing over the past week include legal actions, policy updates from major technology firms, and new compliance tools introduced by open source foundations.\n\n### 1. **Elasticsearch Withdraws SSPL-Licensed Projects from MongoDB’s Atlas Platform**\n- **Date:** April 8, 2026  \n- **Event:** Elastic N.V. announced the removal of all software licensed under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) from MongoDB’s Atlas cloud platform, citing non-compliance with licensing terms.\n- **Details:** Elastic confirmed that MongoDB continued to offer Elasticsearch and Kibana via Atlas despite the shift to SSPL in 2018. After private negotiations stalled, Elastic deployed automated enforcement tools to disable SSPL-licensed instances running on Atlas.\n- **Source:** [Elastic Blog – April 8, 2026](https://www.elastic.co/blog/sspl-enforcement-update-april-2026)\n\n### 2. **Red Hat Releases RHEL Source Code Under GPLv3+ for First Time**\n- **Date:** April 6, 2026  \n- **Event:** Red Hat published Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source packages under GPLv3+ in addition to GPLv2, aligning with updated FSF compliance recommendations.\n- **Details:** This change affects over 4,200 core packages and enables downstream reuse in GPLv3-licensed projects. The move follows the Free Software Foundation’s March 2026 guidance encouraging broader GPL version compatibility.\n- **Source:** [Red Hat Announcement – April 6, 2026](https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-source-code-gplv3-compatibility)\n\n### 3. **Software Freedom Conservancy Files GPL Compliance Lawsuit Against Tesla**\n- **Date:** April 10, 2026  \n- **Event:** The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of California alleging Tesla violated GPLv2 by distributing Linux-based software in Model S, X, 3, and Y vehicles without providing complete corresponding source code.\n","keywords":["dynamic:open-source-licensing","zo-research"],"about":[],"citation":[],"isPartOf":{"@type":"Dataset","name":"Forge Cascade Knowledge Graph","url":"https://forgecascade.org"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forge Cascade","url":"https://forgecascade.org"}}