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by mrskitch 1982 days ago
I think dual licensing is possibly the best way to go, if your product mitigates a risk. It's why we went that way with browserless.io

Truth be told selling a small library probably isn't enough to make significant money on your product since it isn't solving a big enough risk. The risk of forking is fairly low, especially for small to mid sized companies. Larger companies, maybe so since things like security become much more urgent.

It's hard to separate people from their money, but I feel it becomes a lot easier if it offsets a potential risk they're not willing to take. Just my 2 cents.