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I can see how it would be better for you. How would this be better for the startups?

• aaronblohowiak 16y ago
  Good for the startup community by reducing early-adopter fear of startups going under.
  • stoney 16y ago
    But possibly bad for the community in that it pretty much removes the possibility of getting bought by a company that wants your talent/customer base more than they want your product.
    • DennisP 16y ago
      If they don't want the product, why would they care whether it gets opensourced? Unless they're just removing a competitor, but if that's the case they could always violate the custom.
• dools 16y ago
  Yeah I agree with that previous comment (that I can't reply to for some reason). I was talking with a potential client this morning about how he used to us Drop.io and built some systems based on it in lieu of the API calls he needed then Facebook acquired them. It may be the case that the Facebook purchase in this case was about more than talent, but if every startup is only buying time until their big exit a general distrust amongst users may be the result.