Hacker NewsMay 2, 2025
Opinion: Is a split imminent? – Synadia demands NATS back from the CNCF
https://www.heise.de/en/opinion/Opinion-Is-a-split-imminent-Synadia-demands-NATS-back-from-the-CNCF-10366963.html
#ycombinator #BUSL #Business_Source_License #Cloud_Native_Computing #Markenrecht #NATS #Open_Source #Synadia #cncf
Opinion: Is a split imminent? – Synadia demands NATS back from the CNCF

With Derek Collison's demand that NATS be separated from the CNCF again, he risks an ongoing legal dispute or even a fork like Terraform.

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Alejandro BaezApr 26, 2025

Well then, #synadia wants to withdraw #nats from the #CNCF to slap a #BUSL on it. 🫠

Even with being the main contributor, you shouldn't be able undo a donation. ⚰️

For me, pushing the point to use #AGPL. Makes extremely difficult to try to relicense like this.

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protecting-nats-and-the-integrity-of-open-source-cncfs-commitment-to-the-community/

Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community

When a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…

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Arthur Lutz (Zenika)Apr 25, 2025

Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community | CNCF

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protecting-nats-and-the-integrity-of-open-source-cncfs-commitment-to-the-community/

#opensource #cncf #nats #busl

Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community

When a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…

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Jarkko SakkinenAug 6, 2024
#BUSL would be great for #audio #plugins ;-) .

https://lwn.net/Articles/984249/
Alejandro BaezApr 15, 2024

The whole #redis situation has gotten me thinking of licenses. Far more than I would like. 🫠

I'm now of the camp either do strong #copyleft, like #AGPL, or don't do #FOSS. Go for something like #BUSL or #FSL instead.

Everything else in between seems to break apart and be taken advantage of. ⚰️ By both the license holder and the copies. 😅

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Nov 26, 2023
#OpenSource in Numbers: #Terraform License Change Impact on Contribution
Increase in pull requests after change to #BSL might seem like positive sign. However, data reveals nuanced picture. Evaluation captures 30-day preceding and following date of #BUSL license change (Aug 10) marked significant drop in community contributions, with only 9.30% of all pull requests being opened by the community. This downtrend persisted into September, with nearly identical rate of 9.52%. https://thenewstack.io/open-source-in-numbers-the-terraform-license-change-impact-on-contribution/
Open Source in Numbers: The Terraform License Change Impact on Contribution

The increase in pull requests after the license change might seem like a positive sign. However, the data reveals a nuanced picture.

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ChangelogSep 6, 2023

🚢 New Changelog interview!

This week we’re talking about the launch of #OpenTF and what it’s going to take to successfully fork HashiCorp’s #Terraform 🍴

We’re joined by Josh Padnick to discuss what exactly happened, how #HashiCorp’s license change changes things, who has been impacted by this change, and ultimately what they are doing about it 💪

#opensource #mit #bsl #busl #infrastructure #devops

🫡 hosted by @adam & @jerod

🎧 https://changelog.fm/556

OpenTF for an open Terraform with Josh Padnick (Changelog Interviews #556)

This week we’re talking about the launch of OpenTF and what it’s going to take to successfully fork HashiCorp’s Terraform. We’re joined by Josh Padnick to discuss what exactly happened, how HashiCorp’s license change changes things, who has been impacted by this change, and ultimately what they are doing about it.

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Alejandro BaezSep 4, 2023

Still a bit gutted by the #hashicorp move to #busl 1.1. I completely understand their reasoning, but dammit does that emit #FUD. 😔

I don't expect hashicorp to do anything ill advised. But it's not them I'm worried about. It's any goliath coming along to scoop them up. Too many times this happened with excellent software companies. Moving to a far worse direction due to the licensing. ⚰️

Looking at you #Oracle. 😡 Still upset at that one for like 1000th time.

Mike Rochefort Aug 18, 2023

Looks like #HashiCorp is keeping the 1.9 branch of #Packer under the #MPL-2.0, and I assume 1.10(?) will use the #BUSL-1.1 license.

Building 1.9.3 for #COPR soon...

https://fosstodon.org/@omenos/110895471715396206

Mike 🐧 :fedora: :centos: (@omenos@fosstodon.org)

As a result of the #HashiCorp licensing change, all utilities from them in my #COPR will be frozen at their latest version. - #Terraform 1.5.5 - #Packer 1.9.2 Based on the Not-Allowed license list for @fedora the Business Source License (BUSL-1.1) is strictly forbidden. As COPR requires compliance with Fedora guidelines, there's not much I can do here. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/not-allowed-licenses/

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Viktor NagornyyAug 14, 2023

Tell me you don't care about #opensource without telling me you don't care about open source.

Unsurprisingly, this comes from the #MongoDB developer relations guy.

All the #BUSL #BSL companies are trying to normalize it, supporting each other with nonsense PR.

The #realpolitik is that they never cared about open-source ideals. They only cared about free labor and market share.

🙄

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704809/hashicorps-software-license-turns-realpolitik.html

#hashicorp #licensing

HashiCorp’s software license turns realpolitik

The move to the Business Source License will allow HashiCorp to continue investing in its products and will force big vendors to become better partners, a win for all users.

InfoWorld