
The Open Source License Wars: How HashiCorp, Redis, and Elastic Changed the Rules
In the span of two years, HashiCorp, Redis Labs, and Elastic all changed their licenses from permissive open source to something more restrictive. All three faced major community forks within months. The license wars reveal a deep tension at the center of modern software business: open source drives adoption, but it is very hard to profit from once a cloud provider decides to compete with you.










