I'm not building a straw man: > > Innovation is not a goal by itself > I'm having trouble understanding this point of view. You have enough interest in this s

I'm not building a straw man: > > Innovation is not a goal by itself > I'm having trouble understanding this point of view. You have enough interest in this software to debate it, while not caring at all whether software continues to be made? This question is implying that, if I do not consider an innovation a goal by itself - and therefore don't consider open-core "good", morally speaking - then I don't care whether software continues to be made. The phrase "continues to be made" is all-or-nothing - software can either continue to be made, or not continue to be made, i.e. disappear. So: > I'm saying that certain classes of open source software won't be created It is certainly not what you said, as per above explanation. Perhaps it's what you intended to say, in which case please feel free to express your thoughts more precisely, so we can continue from there.