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MongoDB and HashiCorp did that... and guess what? These kinds of licenses aren't open source.

• amelius 3y ago
  That's only a problem if you want it to be a problem.
  • JAlexoid 3y ago
    It's not practically enforceable.
  • ThrowawayR2 3y ago
    Ironic that people complaining about free riders are trying to be free riders on the goodwill of "Open Source" by repurposing it to mean something else.
    • amelius 3y ago
      I'll happily pay if my company reaches millions in revenue. Which is only fair since my software is built on top of all kinds of open source software. I don't see the problem of paying only if the software brought me success. Meanwhile, you propose to pay nothing at all?
• indymike 3y ago
  I've been burnt by "open core" in the past. Never again.