[JeremyNT]

Even if you don't mind abiding by the terms of the BSL, the licensing change is a signal that Hashicorp is in dire straits and doesn't know how to operate as a sustainable business. They're flailing about trying to increase revenue, and in so doing they're removing one of the core components (the open source licensing) that made their tools ubiquitous to begin with. And what will their next cash grab be?

Here's the kicker though... before the change to BSL, the future of Hashicorp didn't really matter as much, since somebody could fork their projects and keep them going. But with this licensing change, if Hashicorp shuts down one day, nobody could create a fork for several years.

So to me, whether or not I can use the software as currently licensed isn't the biggest issue. I want the ability to have an "escape hatch" should Hashicorp continue its downward trajectory or shut down completely.

[colechristensen]

Giving away most of your product for free and selling commercial services on top when it's very easy to compete with you on that front is.... well it's not a sustainable business model.

It would be troublesome if any of the vendors at $work past or present went bankrupt, this is the nature of having external vendors. I am not particularly concerned.

I was not the biggest fan of Terraform in the first place, I don't like some of the language choices, but it works better than anything else that exists out there.