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Terraform: The 44k-Star IaC Tool That Went Source-Available and Spawned OpenTofu — A License Fork Deep Dive
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Terraform: The 44k-Star IaC Tool That Went Source-Available and Spawned OpenTofu — A License Fork Deep Dive

Terraform defined infrastructure-as-code under MPL 2.0 for nine years. Then in August 2023 HashiCorp switched it to the Business Source License, and the community forked it into OpenTofu under the Linux Foundation. This deep dive covers the BSL change, the fork, HCL compatibility, state encryption, the IBM acquisition, real costs, and how to choose in 2026.
2026-10-03 3 views
Redis: The 67k-Star Cache That Changed Its License and Split in Two — A Deep Dive Into the Valkey Fork
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Redis: The 67k-Star Cache That Changed Its License and Split in Two — A Deep Dive Into the Valkey Fork

Redis powered half the internet's caches under a permissive BSD license for fifteen years. Then in March 2024 it went source-available, and within a week the Linux Foundation forked it into Valkey. This deep dive covers the relicensing, the fork, the wire-compatible migration, the Redis 8 AGPL olive branch, real self-hosting costs, and where your data actually lives.
2026-10-03 3 views