August 2023 Summaries

Hashicorp has announced that it is giving up its previous MPL 2.0 license in favor of a more restrictive BSL v1.1 license for its developer tools like Vault, Terraform, and Nomad. This change means that HashiCorp no longer considers itself an open source company, but rather a company providing "community" software. The new license restricts production use without hosting or embedding the software in an offering competitive with Hashicorp's products or services. Companies are advised to be cautious about using HashiCorp products for free due to unclear definitions of what constitutes a competitive offering, which could lead to risks such as freelancers being considered competitors. However, future releases of HashiCorp products will still be under the previous MPL 2.0 license. Alternative options like Infisical, an open source secret management tool, are available for those looking to switch from HashiCorp's tools.

In July's update, we've added features like Secret Imports and Referencing, which enable establishing a true source of truth for secrets, allowing users to inherit secrets from other environments and folders, and reference secret values across folders and environments. We've also expanded our integrations with services such as Google SSO, Okta, Azure AD, and JumpCloud SAML authentication, making it easier for users to authenticate and manage their secrets. Additionally, we've made significant improvements to the project/organization experience, updated the secrets overview page, released webhooks, and optimized performance on the main dashboard. Notably, we've welcomed a new team member, Akhil Mohan, who will be working alongside us to build the future of secret management.