> They need money to continue development, and the current model isn't generating enough revenue for them to stay in business. But if they had started with a p

> They need money to continue development, and the current model isn't generating enough revenue for them to stay in business. But if they had started with a proprietary license, it's likely Akka wouldn't even exist today. So they are now piggybacking on the success brought by using an open source license.