First point: You need to think about generative AI porn, either how you might ethically integrate it (perhaps automatically training LORAs for your creators and paying them for its usage?) or how you are going to compete against it with "real" content. It coming for the porn industry like a tidal wave, and its coming in months, not decades.

> The only things that are currently blocking me are the fear that a competitor might use our technology without respecting licensing.

IDK if you are talking about licensing the content or code, but open source does not necessarily mean open licensing. Unlike others, I think open but proprietary code is perfectly fine and less risky that most fear. And if someone else illegally uses your framework in another country... who cares? There are a gazillion other frameworks they could have used anyway.

Anyway, in the context of generative AI, being open source would be much more important, as contributors would be highly motivated to fix and extend your generative backend, and that constant attention is critical for keeping up with the crazy development pace.