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I have a dumb BUSL question- if you don't compete with Terraform, but you do with something else, like Boundary, can you still use TF? If Hashi releases a new product that competes with you do you have to stop/license TF?


IANAL, but I would say yes, and yes.

https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#usage-limitations

> 11. What are the usage limitations for HashiCorp’s products under BSL? > All non-production uses are permitted. All production uses are allowed other than hosting or embedding the software in an offering competitive with HashiCorp commercial products, hosted or self-managed.


Who knows? No answer given today is future proof.

Best advice I can give is not to use Hashicorp products as the basis of any offering ever. Simply don't even consider them.





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