This is the same series of events that we saw (and continue to see) play out after IBM attempted to shut off access to Redhat by competitors. They had control o

This is the same series of events that we saw (and continue to see) play out after IBM attempted to shut off access to Redhat by competitors. They had control of every user's attention, and they exerted huge control over the direction of development. They lost control when they gutted CentOS, and now their competitors are banding together to make their own offerings. This might end up fragmenting their ecosystem in the long run. I see a similar result of HashiCorp's attempts. OpenTF will make a suitable replacement, and adoption may sway to their fork rather than HashiCorp's. As they continue to meddle, the community (which wants free software) will continue to push back.