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> It makes sense they'd do this, but we need to stop loving people who appear to give us things. They're just making reasonable business decisions. I don't see
by rapnie 3y ago
> It makes sense they'd do this, but we need to stop loving people who appear to give us things. They're just making reasonable business decisions.
I don't see OP talking about 'loving people'. Just stating that a very good approach was taken. Wrt 'give us things', it is not about giving either (that's like free beer), but about freedom. If OpenTF indeed ends up under Linux Foundation / CNCF it doesn't matter how many competitors are involved, but that freedoms are assured.
- robertlagrant 3y agoWell, OpenTF hasn't given anyone anything there - the original open source licence Hashicorp put in place is why CNCF/LF can adopt the project. OpenTF is just an administrative middleman in that process. My comment was about a previous commenter thinking it was amazing that other companies put FTEs in place for a few years to work on OpenTF. It's not amazing; their businesses were built on Hashicorp licencing Terraform as OSS. They've been given far, far more than a few FTEs' worth of effort, and their continued existence depends on OpenTF being actively developed. It's not a noble thing (unlike the original open sourcing); it's just business as usual.