HashiCorp
An American infrastructure software company known for open-source DevOps tools such as Terraform and Vault. The company subsequently transitioned some of its products from open-source licenses to commercially restrictive licenses.
Core Facts
Cases such as MongoDB's SSPL, Elastic's ELv2, and HashiCorp's switch from MPL to BSL reflect a trend of open-source companies seeking a balance between community openness and commercial sustainability.
Mitchell Hashimoto is the co-founder of HashiCorp.
HashiCorp's Consul uses Raft to achieve consistency in service discovery and configuration management
Timeline (last 90 days)
HashiCorp switched the licenses of core products including Terraform, Vault, Consul, and Boundary from MPL to BSL.
Archiving the repository does not mean the product disappears for existing Boundary users, as HashiCorp's commercial products and enterprise editions are typically still actively maintained.
HashiCorp's license switch sparked strong reactions in the open-source community and directly gave rise to OpenTofu, the community fork of Terraform.
Boundary is the component in HashiCorp's product line responsible for identity-driven access management, helping teams provide users with controlled access to hosts, databases, and services without exposing sensitive network credentials.
HashiCorp has archived the open-source repository of its zero-trust secure access tool Boundary, putting the repository into a read-only state and no longer accepting new commits, Issues, or Pull Requests.
Terraform is a mainstream infrastructure-as-code tool developed by HashiCorp that supports multiple cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
BUSL-1.1 (Business Source License 1.1) was originally proposed by MariaDB and has been adopted by projects such as HashiCorp and Sentry; its core terms make the source code public but prohibit commercial use in production environments within a specific time window (typically four years), after which it automatically converts to a designated open-source license.
Mainstream IaC tools include HashiCorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation/CDK, and others.
OpenTofu is an open-source community fork of HashiCorp Terraform, born because Terraform changed its license to BSL in 2023, and is fully syntax-compatible with Terraform.
BSL has been adopted by infrastructure projects such as HashiCorp (Terraform), Sentry, and CockroachDB.
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Cases such as MongoDB's SSPL, Elastic's ELv2, and HashiCorp's switch from MPL to BSL reflect a trend of open-source companies seeking a balance between community openness and commercial sustainability.
65%VerifiedMitchell Hashimoto is the co-founder of HashiCorp.
65%Unverified业界通行的敏感信息隔离做法包括使用环境变量隔离（.env文件配合.gitignore）以及密钥管理服务（如AWS Secrets Manager、HashiCorp Vault）
90%UnverifiedHashiCorp、Redis等公司已将开源协议从Apache/MIT切换为BUSL等限制性协议
90%Unverified策略即代码领域的代表性工具包括HashiCorp的Sentinel、Open Policy Agent（OPA）以及AWS的Cedar
85%UnverifiedMitchell Hashimoto在2023年底离开了HashiCorp
85%Partially VerifiedHashiCorp's Consul uses Raft to achieve consistency in service discovery and configuration management
65%UnverifiedWell-known companies such as HashiCorp and Sentry have in recent years shifted to BSL or similar licenses.
60%UnverifiedHashiCorp was acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion.
60%UnverifiedHashiCorp developed open-source tools such as Terraform, Vault, and Consul that are widely used by tens of thousands of enterprises worldwide.
60%UnverifiedArchiving the repository does not mean the product disappears for existing Boundary users, as HashiCorp's commercial products and enterprise editions are typically still actively maintained.
50%UnverifiedBoundary is the component in HashiCorp's product line responsible for identity-driven access management, helping teams provide users with controlled access to hosts, databases, and services without exposing sensitive network credentials.
50%UnverifiedHashiCorp switched the licenses of core products including Terraform, Vault, Consul, and Boundary from MPL to BSL.
50%UnverifiedHashiCorp's license switch sparked strong reactions in the open-source community and directly gave rise to OpenTofu, the community fork of Terraform.
50%UnverifiedTerraform is a mainstream infrastructure-as-code tool developed by HashiCorp that supports multiple cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and Azure.
50%UnverifiedBUSL-1.1 (Business Source License 1.1) was originally proposed by MariaDB and has been adopted by projects such as HashiCorp and Sentry; its core terms make the source code public but prohibit commercial use in production environments within a specific time window (typically four years), after which it automatically converts to a designated open-source license.
50%UnverifiedMainstream IaC tools include HashiCorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation/CDK, and others.
50%UnverifiedOpenTofu is an open-source community fork of HashiCorp Terraform, born because Terraform changed its license to BSL in 2023, and is fully syntax-compatible with Terraform.
50%UnverifiedBSL has been adopted by infrastructure projects such as HashiCorp (Terraform), Sentry, and CockroachDB.
50%UnverifiedMitchell Hashimoto is the co-founder of HashiCorp
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