[daveguy]

I think open core is ok. If the community is not happy with the core that is open they can fork and add their own implementation for excluded features.

[marknadal]

There was a big uproar over InfluxDB doing this "open core" (aka "Crippleware") approach: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11262318 .

It isn't the right approach, and we ( http://gun.js.org ) aren't going to take it. More than happy to be the only one left standing, devoted to true open values - but I hope others join us.