[DISCLAIMER: THIS IS MY POINT OF VIEW AND SHALL NOT BE LINKED WITH THE COMPANY WHERE I WORK NOR ITS DECISION] As a supporter of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) movement and even once one of the spearhead of Indonesian FOSS movement, all I can say is that there is a great shift of what is an Open Source movement. Ever since Eric Raymond shift the definition of Open Source, which forced Stallman to use new term: Free Software, it is clear that project that made its source open is a new strategy for new startups to gather masses. Yeah, a for-profit company seeking fame using open source strategy. However, how far would you go to open them up? Well, there are two things that made it not profitable: 1. You made the product too stable and easy to use that you failed to commercialized it. The biggest example is RethinkDB. 2. You made the product with permissive license (MIT/BSD clause) and cloud companies use your product and make superior offerings. From long ago, commercialization is...
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