HashiCorp has adopted the Business Source License (BSL) v1.1 for all future releases of its products, aiming to make it short and simple. The BSL license provides interpretive guidance in FAQs, which users can rely on as official positions now and in the future. The company has updated its licensing FAQ based on community questions about the change, addressing common queries such as internal use, hosting services, competitive offerings, and mixing code with different licenses. The BSL license does not prevent developers from using HashiCorp tools to build competing products, but restricts embedding or hosting products in a manner competitive with commercial offerings. The license is compatible with most other licenses and allows for non-competitive use of HashiCorp products in OSS projects.