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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by wlonkly on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:08PM (#37083412)
But the license prohibits competitive use, not commercial use, right? So using Vault in production is no problem if you're using it as part of the infrastructure of a company that isn't competing with Hashicorp.

Using it as a backend for a password manager... more of a grey area, but Hashicorp doesn't offer a password manager.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by deadbunny on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:55PM (#37083790)
But what if they do in X years? Suddenly that company is out of compliance with the BSL.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by wlonkly on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:18AM (#37088365)
Oh, for sure, and if you're a developer tooling/devopsy-stuff company that would give me pause (or convince me to plan a migration, or to use an alternative, etc.)

But if you're, say, fashion retail, or something, then the risk is pretty low.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by iavael on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:35AM (#37148703)
> then the risk is pretty low

And then Amazon buys Hashicorp.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by INTPenis on Friday August 11, 2023 @04:54AM (#37086542)
The very first lines of the license text say that you're permitted to use the software for "non-production use".
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by ednxzu on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:37AM (#37088008)
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE#L8-L11

Clearly states that you can use it in a production setup.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by INTPenis on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:21AM (#37088990)
Thanks for pointing that out, so this must have been added by Hashicorp then.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by ezekg on Friday August 11, 2023 @05:11PM (#37094086)
That's the point of the BUSL. It defaults to non-production, use, but the licensor adds an Additional Use Grant that allows production use, which typically covers everything except competing with the licensor's cloud offering.
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