---
title: "OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork-qunaer7lw
source_url: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html
type: article
source: "InfoWorld"
published: 2024-04-03T15:52:06.285Z
updated: 2025-07-28T02:17:56.503Z
tags: ["general-programming", "hashicorp", "licensing", "opentofu"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 2
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork

**[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

OpenTofu, an open-source successor to HashiCorp's Terraform, may have illegally taken HashiCorp's code, misleadingly changing the license. This behavior goes against a positive, community-driven approach.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ombratteng** · 1 upvotes

> OpenTofu has published an [official response on Twitter](https://twitter.com/OpenTofuOrg/status/1776398008558493991)

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Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#hashicorp](https://daily.dev/tags/hashicorp), [#licensing](https://daily.dev/tags/licensing), [#opentofu](https://daily.dev/tags/opentofu)

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