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Re:Handsontable drops open source for a non-commercial license by eitland on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @12:23AM (#19489288)
Understandable but a bit disappointing, just like Caddy.

With Caddy I'm fairly certain I donated (as did others, including Mozilla). I guess my contribution didn't mean much but it still felt weird.

With Handsontable we recommended it at a project and made sure to get commercial licenses - because it was open source.

That said, when I recommend open source at work it is not because of the price but because of peace of mind it gives.

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Re:Handsontable drops open source for a non-commercial license by Sphax on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:54AM (#19491302)
Caddy is still open source.
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Re:Handsontable drops open source for a non-commercial license by mholt on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:03PM (#19532796)
I'm surprised that open source gives you peace of mind when your business relies on it.
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