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I guess my biggest concern involves cases like mysql. I recently read estimated 1/1000 users pay. Their primary revenue is support. If my primary revenue is ser
by xenoterracide 19y ago
I guess my biggest concern involves cases like mysql. I recently read estimated 1/1000 users pay. Their primary revenue is support. If my primary revenue is service and I give the software away, then everyone can provide the service.
- gwniobombux 19y agoI think it's okay not to opensource, since you're not distributing software but offering a service. Free software is about sharing and a sense of community. Running a piece of software on your machine, you should be free to inspect and modify the source, sharing your modifications back. These freedoms don't seem to apply in such a strict sense to web services.