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"The core of Veracity will be open source, but we do plan to sell add-on [proprietary] products built on the core." When companies do this, doesn't the open so
by nochiel 16y ago
"The core of Veracity will be open source, but we do plan to sell add-on [proprietary] products built on the core."
When companies do this, doesn't the open source product run the risk of becoming a second class citizen, or even a crippled one with features being implemented in the proprietary product and later migrated downstream or not at all? Isn't this a recipe for conflict of interest?
- kilian 16y agoThat depends on whether the products they built are "add-ons" or complimentary products. If they're building add-ons (i.e. apart from authenticated users, premium members can make groups or something like that) then yes, you're getting a conflict of interest. If they'll built a commercial GUI application, or an integrated graphical differ then it will only help develop the dvcs because the ecosystem around it will be larger.