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by ActorNightly 1017 days ago
Don't do things in business because they feel good (a.k.a your first 2 points), do them because of right reasons.

Making your source code open should be done only if its use and modification will increase your user base and thus revenue. This can be in the form of "hey free to try for a company but once we build production, we will need to move to paid subscription", or "hey i can use this on my local computer but I want to set it up in the cloud to be accessible publicly, for which I need to use the paid product".

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I disagree, there's nothing wrong with a business owner doing things because it makes them happy.