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Infrastructure·Last verified 2026-11-06·Confidence: High

Changed from MPL-2.0 to BUSL-1.1 starting with 1.17.0 on 2023-08-10.

Versions before 1.17.0 remain under MPL-2.0.

Self-hosting
Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS)
Restricted
Commercial impact: Restricted

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What changed

Consul moved from MPL-2.0 to BUSL-1.1 starting with 1.17.0, announced on 2023-08-10. Releases before 1.17.0 remain under MPL-2.0.

License timeline

2023-08-10

From 1.17.0

MPL-2.0Copyleft→BUSL-1.1Source-available
Restricted
Self-hosting: Allowed
Offering as a managed service (SaaS): Restricted

HashiCorp adopted BUSL-1.1 for Consul to prevent competing cloud providers from offering managed services.

Sources

Verified 2026-11-06·Confidence: High

Originally released under MPL-2.0

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