There are different levels of "open sourcing": 1. dump the code into a zip and release it under a free licence 2. step 1 + answer to emails 3a. step 2 + prov

There are different levels of "open sourcing": 1. dump the code into a zip and release it under a free licence 2. step 1 + answer to emails 3a. step 2 + provide a hangout for interested developers 3b. step 2 + actively work on the code base 4. steps 3a and 3b 5. step 4 + actively sell the project to devs For example, id Software is on level 1 (or 2?) by releasing old engine sources. That is already much better than throwing the code away. Most open source projects themself are only at 3b, because they are hobby projects and don't care about users.