> Would this have been considered a "malicious" act as well? Price increases can cause a loss of customers; that's fairly well understood, I think. I don't th

> Would this have been considered a "malicious" act as well? Price increases can cause a loss of customers; that's fairly well understood, I think. I don't think it would be seen as malicious, because: - People could fork from the previously-free edition - People should generally be understanding of (even if not in agreement with) the desire to make money from their labour For a FOSS project to attempt to engage with existing investment/company/private equity structures could be fraught thought, I'd expect (one route to enabling a revenue model). Are those groups wise to -- and aligned with -- the mindsets and opportunity envisioned by FOSS contributors?