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Do we really need another non-open source available license?
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Thank you for such a thoughtful response. I see where you're going with this, but have to disagree. I guess it's a purely ideological stance in my case.
If a company wants to establish itself - stay closed source. Source can always be made open later on, when the competition stage is established. I feel like these half-measure devices are trying to pull in the good will by saying "look at me, I'm open source!", while trying to be full-on profit driven.
Don't get me wrong - I don't have an issue with a company trying to make a living. My issue is with pretentiousness.
That's fair - I'd much prefer a standard license anyway, and it does come across as a bit of a PR stunt in this case.
It depends a great deal on what type of software it is I suppose. If your product is not useful to anyone but corporate entities (e.g. online auction platform), or if you're the dominant player in a market (e.g. Linux), the license has minimal benefit - either be open source or don't. If you're in a space with both personal and corporate use, and your product is disruptive, maybe it makes more sense then. But it starts to get kinda niche.