Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js

Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by SXX on Saturday September 23, 2017 @01:50PM (#15320839)

I wouldn't say about what available on GitHub today, but up until year ago all source code was included and they only sold precompiled binaries and support. Also I doubt they can really change anything about that because Synergy never required CLA and it's under GPLv2.

I pretty sure their "core" naming is just another way to promote usage of paid version, but you can still compile it yourself and easily remove all license checks.

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Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by coldtea on Saturday September 23, 2017 @05:47PM (#15321939)

Isn't that more proof that it doesn't work well though?

Why would they do all these changes if the previous model worked well for making them money?

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Re:Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js by SXX on Saturday September 23, 2017 @06:24PM (#15322112)

Previous model was usual open source community-driven project with donations and it's obviously didn't worked, but Synergy was developed by different team at different times and looks like they find what works for them. It's tarted 3 years ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2fydpm/synergy_gpl_i...

Of course it's not shiny VC funded company with 10000% growth, but I guess it's profitable business. Though it's not that much different from what Red Hat doing by selling support even if it's on small scale.

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