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I agree. Open core is the least objectionable way to deal with the fact that properly developing most open source projects costs money.

Obviously there are exceptions (Firefox, popular programming languages, etc.).

I especially like that you can often put enterprisey features like LDAP integration and auditing into the "paid" bit which gives a nice way to encourage companies to pay without affecting hobbyists.




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