The business theory behind going proprietary sounds good. You dump your open-source licenses (for example, Apache 2.0 or AGPL) that got you your start and replace them with restrictive licenses, such ...

Meanwhile, HashiCorp Vault is an oft-overlooked gem. As a security product, it can command a premium. Even if it had remained open source—it is also now BSL licensed—enterprises have strong ...

Software suppliers have been rowing back on open-source licensing. Does that mean enterprises with datacentres may have to change their software approach?

HashiCorp will operate as a division of IBM Software rather than being brought into Red Hat, IBM’s open-source subsidiary. It said that the deal would help its products reach a larger audience.

IBM also announced plans for a $6.4 billion acquisition of cloud-software company HashiCorp ... given its success in operating Red Hat as an open source infrastructure asset," wrote Jefferies ...

IBM executives painted the planned $6.4 billion purchase of cloud infrastructure tools vendor HashiCorp as complementary to multiple business segments – including fellow open-source tools ...