Creating an open platform is a choice that restricts your allowable actions in the future in exchange for faster growth in the present. You can still be a for

Creating an open platform is a choice that restricts your allowable actions in the future in exchange for faster growth in the present. You can still be a for profit company with an open platform without acting in an illegal manner. You just won't be able to afford as large a hanger for your blimp in as small a number of years.