Why do I open source? Because of the licenses of the (freakin awesome) libs I'm using. Will commercialize the "add-on packages" (aka the Real Meat) later on tho

Why do I open source? Because of the licenses of the (freakin awesome) libs I'm using. Will commercialize the "add-on packages" (aka the Real Meat) later on though... It's still all market-driven. 12+ years ago The Ecosystem for the majority of developers was MS-supplied. These days The Ecosystem is the open source web stack (or -- iOS). Back when MS provided "the grooviest platform", that's what coders built on. Now the grooviest platform is built by many indie lib coders, the majority of whom open source. Since it would be too cumbersome to strike individual commercial-licensing deals with them all, the path of least resistance is open-sourcing too. Then figure out commercializing via hosting services, support services, value-adding extra packages ... the whole freemium.