They buy a company, not a repo. They buy the team, the know-how, the customers, the brand. The repo is open source up until now, but they can create a paid off

They buy a company, not a repo. They buy the team, the know-how, the customers, the brand. The repo is open source up until now, but they can create a paid offering with premium features over the open source code. They can also offer specialized hosting for that solution (which is a very clear advantage of joining with cloud flare)