HashiCorp switching to BSL shows a need for open charter companies
The issue never seems as big a deal to me as others make it out to be… when a company switches the license, it is only for new development going forward. Any versions you were already using continue to have the same license, and you can keep using them.<p>The only thing you are losing is (perhaps) the ability to continue to receive free patches and updates from the project. This is no different than if the company went out of business completely. You can still make your own updates to the last OS version, and you are free to solicit contributions from others to your fork.<p>Is Hashicorp switching to a BSL any more disruptive to users of the software than if Hashicorp went out of business?