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Having something you can sell profitably makes it more likely that the open source part will stay open.

• jraph 3y ago
  I agree but that's beside the concern I'm raising. How do you ensure freedom on the non-free part? The answer is in the question, I'm afraid. The thing you sell also don't need to be proprietary. I work for an open source company that sells free software [1], support, hosting and consultancy. It specifically rejects doing open core in our business decisions. I'm glad it has worked so far (and has been for 20 years this year). (coincidentally, CryptPad is one thing the company makes :-)) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39403811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39403811
  • graphe 3y ago
    Volume. Open source is a tactic. Developers will like support and open source stuff they're familiar with. Expressif does this with esp8266 and esp32. Facebook does this with llama.
    • satvikpendem 3y ago
      Llama is not open source.