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title: "With IBM’s Open Source Roots, Terraform Could Be Free Again"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/with-ibm-s-open-source-roots-terraform-could-be-free-again-slmcuhklc
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/with-ibms-open-source-roots-terraform-could-be-free-again/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2024-05-01T15:14:59.876Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:03:37.463Z
tags: ["open-source", "linux", "terraform", "ibm", "hashicorp"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# With IBM’s Open Source Roots, Terraform Could Be Free Again

**[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

IBM's pending acquisition of HashiCorp raises questions about a potential shift back to a more liberal open source model for Terraform. The fate of HashiCorp's Terraform license under IBM's ownership remains uncertain.

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