> product-shaped Helpful in other ways too: 1. no royalties under international tax treaties 2. "desktop tools" seems more viable as a business than libraries

> product-shaped Helpful in other ways too: 1. no royalties under international tax treaties 2. "desktop tools" seems more viable as a business than libraries e.g. JetBrains Intellij IDEA (maybe because a library is at the dev's level, but an app is one step removed?) > free subscriptions Great for a paid product (reminds me a little of Dropbox's referral program, in that it rewards with the product itself), but it seems an exaggeration to describe getting one month (or one year) free subscriptions as "like any traditional free open-source project". Though, I suppose if one was dedicated enough to contribute every month, it would be... (and of course, motivate that dedication) But let me repeat to be clear: this is great for a paid product. You're way ahead of me, but let me share this anyway: if you are kind of open-source, and step too far away, it can generate a pure open-source rival. Or looked at another way: being sufficiently open-source is a barrier-to-entry (denies oxygen) to a fully open-source rival ("why would anyonw use it, when there is already your mature project?") Though "product-shaped" probably the greater help here. A subscription model for a non-hosted desktop app twists my mind a little, but I think it makes a lot of business sense, both for you and for customers (two examples: it's an expense, not an asset; monthly (or yearly) is more affordable than an outright purchase). Anyway, it's great to be able to devote yourself to open-source, without being taken advantage of.