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10 employees, 18 investors. You have to consider VC backed open source to be only temporarily OSS. The project almost certainly will be forced to go commercial
by alangibson 3y ago
10 employees, 18 investors. You have to consider VC backed open source to be only temporarily OSS. The project almost certainly will be forced to go commercial and become partially or fully closed. Saying "we're open source" is only half true when you're actually just using OS as bait to get people to alpha test your commercial project.
I think that's OK-ish if you are using the software to make money and understand the reality of what you're signing on for. It's definitely not OK for a personal tool that sits at the center of your digital existence.
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