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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 infrastructur
by wlonkly 3y ago
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.
- deadbunny 3y agoBut what if they do in X years? Suddenly that company is out of compliance with the BSL.
- wlonkly 3y agoOh, 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.
- iavael 3y ago> then the risk is pretty low And then Amazon buys Hashicorp.
- INTPenis 3y agoThe very first lines of the license text say that you're permitted to use the software for "non-production use".
- ednxzu 3y agohttps://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE#L8-L11 https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE#L8-L11 Clearly states that you can use it in a production setup.
- INTPenis 3y agoThanks for pointing that out, so this must have been added by Hashicorp then.
- ezekg 3y agoThat'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.