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>I don't think being free for personal/non production limits the ecosystem at all There are two aspects. The first one being that charging a nonzero amount dec
by cedws 3y ago
>I don't think being free for personal/non production limits the ecosystem at all
There are two aspects. The first one being that charging a nonzero amount decreases adoption, so fewer companies will publish modules and tools around it. The other is that people will generally not want to send pull requests adding features to something they have no stake in. If we take HashiCorp Packer or Ansible as an example, they have flourished as engineers send PRs extending the tools for their own purposes.
Another thought that comes to mind is: what if your company disappears one day? Can you make some assurances that the source will be relicensed to allow users to maintain it?
I wish your product great success. If it feels nice I may even end up getting a license in a future job myself. But I have stated my concern of missing out on all that the Ansible/Puppet community already provides.