[jhoelzel]

the irony is that most people affected by this change have business licenses applied to their products....

[fishnchips]

So does Hashi! They have closed-source products like Terraform Cloud, and nobody's crying foul here. There's nothing wrong IMO with starting a project with a commercial license if you intend to build a business. The community outrage is mainly directed at the bait-and-switch scheme from a company that was praising the FOSS model left, right and center even earlier this year until they've suddenly changed their mind entirely

[jhoelzel]

but bait and switch would entail that its a) either no longer open source or b) no longer usable

you simply should not be able to make money of it without giving back to the original source owners.

It makes me wonder how many FOS projects might still be in full swing if we actually gave some of the value back we generated too

[fishnchips]

What does "giving back" mean?

[edit] And yes, it's no longer open source. BUSL is not an open-source license.

[jhoelzel]

yes it is. its just not a "do what you please with it" license, but you can still see and modify the source to your own liking

[fishnchips]

Even Hashi no longer considers it an open-source license. What other argument do you need?

[jhoelzel]

> 3. What are the implications of this change for end users of HashiCorp’s open source products?

> For end users who are using HashiCorp’s current open source products and new releases using the BSL license for their internal or personal usage, there is no change.

Source: https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#implications-of-change...