To complement sibling post, some other stuff that I think makes it clear that open-source was not one of HashiCorp's values even before this change: DM@07:30:

To complement sibling post, some other stuff that I think makes it clear that open-source was not one of HashiCorp's values even before this change: DM@07:30: So how we think about it is, we're kind of obsessive about journeys. [...] And we decompose the personas into two: there's the practitioner, and then there's the decision-maker. The practitioner, you're trying to progress through a journey of discover and learn, try and trial, use and advocate— and you do not care if they buy anything from you. The decision-maker you're trying to progress through the why/try/buy journey. [...] It is a pre-dredged river, it is not fair; they do not know what is happening to them. They are not going where they think they are going— they are going where I want them to go. [...] And it turns out it works. GS: Is there anything specific, do you think, about open-source that you layer in? DM: For us, open-source is really just a distribution channel. (Also it's a development channel, but predominantly it's a distribution channel.) [...] So I don't think it matters whether it's open-source or not, as much as just being really, really obsessive about the digital videogame that you play. -- On the one hand, it's nice that Dave McJannet is so up-front about these strategies, how manipulation is a part of them, and how much market positioning is about pushing people around to retain control of an ecosystem. On the other hand, he sounds like a pushy, arrogant asshole tbf.