Re:Ask HN: List of open-source business models?
by zelly on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:21PM
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> Will people pay for a license if there's no differentiation?
That is really a separate issue. If there is no differentiation from its competitors, then it may not be used at all.
People aren't generally the customers of dual-licensed software; usually companies that ship proprietary software are the customers. The typical model for dual-licensing is to allow the code to be used in an open source project for free but charge for the code to be used in a proprietary project.
That is really a separate issue. If there is no differentiation from its competitors, then it may not be used at all.
People aren't generally the customers of dual-licensed software; usually companies that ship proprietary software are the customers. The typical model for dual-licensing is to allow the code to be used in an open source project for free but charge for the code to be used in a proprietary project.