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0 pointscube22222y ago0 comments

Hey, tech lead of the project here!

Just to clarify, provider-defined functions are coming in OpenTofu 1.7, along with e2e state encryption. Generally, I recommend not comparing version numbers of Terraform and OpenTofu post-1.6.

Implementing the e2e state encryption was non-trivial, and we wanted to make sure we get it right, so that's why the release took us a while. We also got a slight additional delay due to needing to handle the C&D letter OpenTofu got from HashiCorp[0], but that's all sorted now.

The beta for 1.7 however is coming out this week, with the stable release planned in the next ~3 weeks.

[0]: https://opentofu.org/blog/our-response-to-hashicorps-cease-a...

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vertis2y ago

I'm definitely in the camp that has moved my tiny company infra to opentofu. Thanks for all your hard work.

cube2222OP2y ago

That’s awesome! Appreciate the kind words :)

vertis2y ago

In the very early days of Terraform, when it was 2 months or so old I helped a little. How many people did (so much more than me) with all these projects to be later betrayed by relicensing.

    > git log --pretty=format:"%h %an %ad %s" --date=short | grep "Luke Chadwick"
    dcd6449245 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add documentation for elb health_check
    0eed0908df Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add health_check to aws_elb resource
    96c05c881a Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Update documentation to include the new   user_data attribute on aws_launch_configuration
    15bdf8b5f9 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add user_data to aws_launch_configuration
    8d2e232602 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-29 Update documentation to reflect the addition of associate_public_ip_address to the aws_instance resource
    974074fee9 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-29 Add associate_public_ip_address as an attribute of the aws_instance resource

eadmund2y ago

> How many people did (so much more than me) with all these projects to be later betrayed by relicensing.

Were you betrayed? They did a thing you licensed them to do. That’s the whole point of non-copyleft free software licenses, after all! It’s kind of odd to specifically choose a license which allows others to use one’s code in proprietary software, then be upset when others use one’s code in proprietary software.

If one wishes one’s software and its users to remain free, the answer is to use a copyleft license.

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Fnoord2y ago

Don't use your project (nor Terraform) but great project name!

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vertis2y ago

I'm definitely in the camp that has moved my tiny company infra to opentofu. Thanks for all your hard work.

cube2222OP2y ago

That’s awesome! Appreciate the kind words :)

vertis2y ago

In the very early days of Terraform, when it was 2 months or so old I helped a little. How many people did (so much more than me) with all these projects to be later betrayed by relicensing.

    > git log --pretty=format:"%h %an %ad %s" --date=short | grep "Luke Chadwick"
    dcd6449245 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add documentation for elb health_check
    0eed0908df Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add health_check to aws_elb resource
    96c05c881a Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Update documentation to include the new   user_data attribute on aws_launch_configuration
    15bdf8b5f9 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-30 Add user_data to aws_launch_configuration
    8d2e232602 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-29 Update documentation to reflect the addition of associate_public_ip_address to the aws_instance resource
    974074fee9 Luke Chadwick 2014-07-29 Add associate_public_ip_address as an attribute of the aws_instance resource

eadmund2y ago

> How many people did (so much more than me) with all these projects to be later betrayed by relicensing.

If one wishes one’s software and its users to remain free, the answer is to use a copyleft license.

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Fnoord2y ago

Don't use your project (nor Terraform) but great project name!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse