[disintegrator]

The core is still MIT-licensed and I don't see a great reason why that would change. I've built many plugins for Benthos and Bloblang in the past and I've always been more inclined to use Benthos _as a library_. The Go package is great and the input/output/processor interface are easy to build against. I'm glad that nothing about my ability to do that is changing and I'll be using it again in the future. Benthos is a phenomenal project that is now being sustained by a commercial entity.

[kstrauser]

I'm sure lots of users of the affected plugins saw no reason why those would change, either.

I think the new owners have established a precedent that they're will make to make such drastic changes.

[12_throw_away]

I don't think you want to be caught calling it "Benthos", FYI [1]

[1] https://x.com/emaxerrno/status/1796219957589786810

[lomereiter]

The community can agree to always call it "Redpanda Connect™ (former Benthos)"