If HashiCorp is unwilling to switch Terraform back to an open source license, we propose to fork the legacy MPL-licensed Terraform and maintain the fork in the foundation. This is similar to how Linux and Kubernetes are managed by foundations (the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, respectively), which are run by multiple companies, ensuring the tool stays truly open source and neutral and not at the whim of any one company.
And now they've posted details on the impressive work already being done on the fork: https://opentf.org/announcement
This seems like such a self-inflicted disaster for HashiCorp. I'm really wondering how they'll respond.
Would be interesting to see comparisons using data from openhub to try and estimate which project is more popular.
