I appreciate the letter and trying to work with Hashicorp -- I used to have a ton of respect for Hashicorp. But honestly... at this point...
...just fork it into a foundation. Don't wait for Hashicorp's response. I get wanting to have the appearance of working with Hashicorp, but we've been shown again, and again, and again, and a-fucking-gain that private corporations cannot be trusted to maintain public goods. Only community governed non-profit foundations can do that.
Private corporations will put the bottom line first every single time. And in the case of investor funded enterprises, the bottom line is never ending exponential growth or bust.
...just fork it into a foundation. Don't wait for Hashicorp's response. I get wanting to have the appearance of working with Hashicorp, but we've been shown again, and again, and again, and a-fucking-gain that private corporations cannot be trusted to maintain public goods. Only community governed non-profit foundations can do that.
Private corporations will put the bottom line first every single time. And in the case of investor funded enterprises, the bottom line is never ending exponential growth or bust.