Imagine if Github said you couldn't use the node registry unless you used NPM and then tried to limit your use of these open source libraries to only hosting on Azure.

Ridiculous right? Well #Hashicorp is trying it with the Terraform Registry.

This goes beyond relicensing. Terraform by itself is useless without the providers and public modules, but Hashicorp relies on volunteers and other companies to write these. It's not even their code!

#opensource #terraform

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/osterman_terraform-registry-activity-7102670109948743680-ReJ1/

Imagine if Github said you couldn't use the node registry unless you used NPM and then tried to limit your use of these open source libraries to only hosting on Azure.

Ridiculous right? Well #Hashicorp is trying it with the #Terraform Registry.

This goes beyond relicensing Terraform. Terraform by itself is useless without the providers and public modules, but Hashicorp relies on volunteers and other companies to write these. It's not even their code!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/osterman_terraform-registry-activity-7102670109948743680-ReJ1/

So anyway, how’s that BSL thing going, #HashiCorp?

UPDATED as momentum builds for this #opentf fork of #Terraform - new comments from @pacdelory and a #HashiCorp Ambassador https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366549774/OpenTF-begins-HashiCorp-Terraform-fork-pledges-donation

WDYT, what is a sustainable #opensource #businessmodel?
We saw lots of companies turning their open source projects into proprietary software. The latest is #hashicorp #terraform. But it's not a new phenomenon. Red Hat was open source in the beginning and lots of others, too.
How does open source and #commercialization fit together in a sustainable way? Does Freemium work? Should we open source only stuff we make no money with?

In the latest episode of the @msclouditpro podcast, @ciphertxt and I unpacked HashiCorp's shift to a Business Source License. This move is set to make waves, particularly for companies building competitive services based on their products. While their transition to a Business Source License is not predicted to impact regular Terraform users, it could significantly influence companies building services based on these products.

Next up we delved deep into Azure's subscription model and why businesses should consider creating more Azure subscriptions right from the start. This approach involves treating subscriptions, not just resource groups, as units of management that align with business needs. Sure, it can be challenging initially but the long-term ROI makes it worthwhile!

So,our key insight from today's discussion? when it comes to subscriptions, more is more! Aligning your subscriptions with business needs could be a real game-changer!

#Azure #HashiCorp

This year there have unfortunatelly been a few significant moves away from #foss. There is a lot of commentary on that.

But sometimes you see an article criticising say #RedHat or #Hashicorp and its posted on Medium behind a paywall. Huh?

A pretty simple feature I’d need in the official #Helm #Terraform provider has been added but has been hanging in an unreviewed PR for 3 years (❗️).

I know #OpenSource maintenance is hard, more so considering the ton of repos #HashiCorp maintains, but at this point, I’m leaning towards a “when someone tells you they don’t care about open source, believe them” stance..

https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-helm/pull/625

#howIfeelfriday I don’t Know who needs to hear this but.. Aint no one building anything and just giving it away for free ( community).. They just want an exit and we are the VC’s!

Keep paying the tech drug dealers! First hit is free!! Come see me when you need more!

#homelab #tech #hashicorp #canonical #redhat

If I were a #hashicorp shareholder I would be furious about the #terraform license change. What an unbelievable own goal.

#OpenTF says it will fork @hashicorp #Terraform if #HashiCorp proceeds with its #BSL license change. #OSS https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366548834/Vendor-led-group-vows-to-fork-HashiCorp-Terraform

Terraform team is trying to keep #Terraform #opensource and #foss after #HashiCorp changed the licence to a NOT open-source one.
https://opentf.org/

The problem that the #HashiCorp license change surfaced is not one of licenses but of CLAs. If you sign a CLA with a corporate entity you give them a carte blanche to do with the code whatever they like, including taking it proprietary. This is not new, the #Qt framework has been dual-licensed that way for ages. But now more and more companies are taking advantage of CLAs at the cost of open source software.

Before signing a CLA, think twice about the future impact!

Well that didn't take long.

A group of companies that are amazingly popular in the #Terraform ecosystem have come together and threatened to fork Terraform if #Hashicorp doesn't stick with an open source license.

These companies are not "moochers". They are the reason Terraform is popular. Gruntwork, for example, built and manages the only testing framework for Terraform. A fork managed by these companies could easily surpass Hashicorp's BS License version.

https://opentf.org/

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-source-license "However, there are other vendors who take advantage of pure OSS models [...] for their own commercial goals, without providing material contributions back. We don’t believe this is in the spirit of open source."

That is OSS! That's what happens most of the time! Contributing to OSS is facing the digital tragedy of the commons first-hand. IMO better define a business model with this assumption, than to relicense and make a bad impression.

#OpenSource #HashiCorp #license

A followup on the buzz in the wake of the #HashiCorp #opensource news #BSL #FOSS #OSS https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366548272/Confusion-mounts-amid-HashiCorp-open-source-change

If anyone is looking for a PhD dissertation topic, how about quantifying the cost to the ecosystem of company #OpenSource projects scrambling to evaluate/remove #Hashicorp's newly-non-open projects?

The correct pronunciation of BUSL (the license #HashiCorp has chosen) is "bussy license" and I will be taking no further comments at this time

The whole #HashiCorp license change is making me want to professionally slow down on #Terraform, as in, make it less my most marketed specialty.

It’s a shame, HashiCorp is inevitably headed towards enshittification.

“first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.”

— “Tiktok's enshittification” https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

When a (VC backed) Open Source project demand from you, a community member, to sign a CLA (Contributory License Agreement) that forces you to give up your rights on your code - RUN. #Hashicorp et all.