Is this astroturfing? I'm not trying to be provocative, but this line was buried in the article:<p>> Its licensing switch and the fact that it isn't yet profitable shows there is still work to be done.<p>My understanding is that Hashicorp has lost both money and community good will basically overnight. I don't see how that's an example of successfully doing "community first". It seems more like an example of taking too much investment, using that to "buy" support by giving away software and then failing to figure out to how monetize, so immediately turning your back on your "community".<p>EDIT: I don't want to imply anything negative about specific folks at the company who do care about community, just Hashicorp the company.
"The project will remain free, open source, and liberally licensed..."<p>Welp, that didn't age well.<p>MPL 2.0 is traditional "open source," which was fine when they used it -- but switching to BSL is a step backwards -- as it's considered "source-available," not open source in any reasonable sense.<p>Being unhappy that others are taking advantage of your open source contributions (without giving back) is valid, but this isn't the answer.<p>[Background: <a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-source-license" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-sou...</a> ]