Anyone else remember how #MariaDB company adopting the "Business Source License" for MaxScale made MaxScale and the company super-profitable? No one? Oh yeah, that's because it didn't. #Hashicorp#BUSL#opensource
For the record, the #MariaDB database itself is governed by the MariaDB Foundation, not the company. The Foundation rejected the BUSL and the database has stayed under the GPL this whole time. The database and Foundation are doing very well, while the company by the same name that pulled the BUSL shenanigans is not.
My point is not to convince anyone to stop using #MariaDB - definitely do - it's absolutely awesome and #opensource. It happens to be awesome because it is owned by a Foundation that guarded it against the Company doing exactly what #Hashicorp just did. I also can't think of a reason why #Hashicorp won't enjoy similar outcomes to MariaDB Company. Hopefully, the common tools (Terraform, Vault) will get forked and maintained by a Foundation. The company is screwed. It's only a matter of time.