[derealized]

How about tracking licenses or subscriptions sold and show that to investors?

[shrimpx]

How do you do that with an OSS project that's on GitHub?

[sdf4j]

by not trying to turn it into a VC fueled rent-seeking cash cow?

[shrimpx]

Fair enough.

[derealized]

By switching to a proprietary license for your proprietary product.

If we call things by their names, it's not surprising at all and actually makes solving the situation much easier.