--- title: "The Biggest Rugpull in Programming History" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-rugpull-in-programming-history-43f105hxf source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBWg2emW1Y type: video:youtube source: "Coding with Lewis" published: 2026-06-01T16:54:13.413Z updated: 2026-06-01T16:54:28.795Z tags: ["terraform", "iac", "hashicorp"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Biggest Rugpull in Programming History **[Coding with Lewis](https://daily.dev/sources/codingwithlewis)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary HashiCorp's 2023 decision to switch Terraform from an open-source license to a Business Source License sparked major controversy. Competitors could no longer use Terraform for commercial products, prompting developers to fork the project and launch OpenTofu under the Linux Foundation. Eight months later, HashiCorp was acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion, leading many to speculate the license change was a deliberate move to clean up the business for sale. The episode highlights how fragile open-source community trust can be — one license change and the community rebuilds the project independently. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenTofu and the New Era of Infrastructure as Code](https://daily.dev/posts/opentofu-and-the-new-era-of-infrastructure-as-code-1kho1zgew) · Cloud Native Now · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Upgrading Our Infrastructure with OpenTofu](https://daily.dev/posts/upgrading-our-infrastructure-with-opentofu-4cyhmweqx) · Spacelift · 49 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalism](https://daily.dev/posts/rug-pulls-forks-and-open-source-feudalism-4xrvodrl0) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform), [#iac](https://daily.dev/tags/iac), [#hashicorp](https://daily.dev/tags/hashicorp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-rugpull-in-programming-history-43f105hxf)