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Re:HashiCorp Boundary by eeZah7Ux on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:25AM (#24786935)
> that referring to HashiCorp (and other) projects as "open source" is a half truth

Spot on. Corporate "open source" is often open only in terms of licensing, but not in terms of values.

Many companies use tricks to prevent successful forks and keep tight control over the development process.

Re:HashiCorp Boundary by kodah on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:26PM (#24791190)
I can tell you both from an inner source and open source standpoint, executives (more than engineers it seems, but that could just be my friends) have an outright fear of forks.
Re:HashiCorp Boundary by eeZah7Ux on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:44PM (#24796540)
so?