Breaking down Apollo Federation's anti-FOSS corporate gaslighting

Drew DeVault sharply criticizes Apollo GraphQL's decision to relicense Apollo Federation 2 under the Elastic License v2, arguing it is not open source and constitutes a betrayal of the community that helped build the software. He breaks down the practical restrictions the Elastic license imposes compared to MIT, debunks Apollo's framing that the change protects the community, and argues this is part of a broader pattern of companies exploiting open source communities before switching to proprietary licenses. He also warns against signing Contributor License Agreements and calls for a community-maintained fork of Apollo Federation.