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by e12e 1043 days ago
> Closed source can (and does, see Windows) provide source to customers too.

This just means it's Source Available to certain customers - Closed Source to others.

I agree that universally available "timebomb open source" "Source Available" is different from "Closed Source", though.

It allows for certain risk planning, like: If HashiCorp goes away, we will be able to host and patch (and keep using) product X for the foreseeable future - along with the ability to actually read the code and determine if it is something worth touching with a ten foot pole...