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Hey!

Just wanted to say that this doesn't impact OpenTF too much. It's an extra step we need to take before a stable release, but long-term it'll make us more decoupled, which is great.

As someone else commented, all providers and modules other than Hashicorp's are hosted on GitHub and the registry is just a "redirector". We'll do something similar, other than some special handling for Hashicorp's providers.

Also, I know you want us to finally publish the repo - we're working very hard to make this happen and it should be a matter of days now.

Disclaimer: Work at Spacelift, and currently temporary Technical Lead of the OpenTF Project, until it's committee-steered.

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I just wanted to say thank you so much for your efforts and I'm looking forward to seeing some interesting developments with OpenTF.

Thank you for the kind words, they are very appreciated! I'll make sure to relay them to the rest of the team :)

Out of curiosity, why isn't OpenTF's development, done, well, in the open? What's the rationale for keeping it closed for now?

I'm not critiquing, not a Terraform user so don't have any stake in this discussion, just curious.

Mostly trademark issues, really.

As in, you need to make sure you strip out all references to the Terraform trademark before you make it public?

More or less, yes. This is a complex legal topic. Also, we need to make sure we don't violate the new registry T&Cs.

Happy to help provide mirrors for an OpenTF registry if necessary

I sure hope that opentf doesn’t just cause a fragmentation in the ecosystem that ruins the user experience, especially for the many people who are happily using unpaid TF and self hosted state stores.

It’s Hashicorp’s license changes that are causing fragmentation, OpenTF is the effect not the cause.

> opentf doesn’t just cause a fragmentation

We're trying to remain as compatible on all fronts as possible, and our registry will too, so I wouldn't be attributing the fragmentation to OpenTF.

If there is fragmentation, that will be caused by Hashicorp, not opentf.

Why aren't you interested in switching to OpenTF?

I never said I wouldn’t. At the end of the day I’ll use whatever is the easiest/best. I’m just hoping not to have to do a bunch of rework.

Unabashed voice of the Everyman here. Let them compete.

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