[Brian_K_White]

Ugh. Just from the title you already know what it will be, and it was. You don't need to read it.

They want to sell software.

They just for some reason also want open source cred, and want to blame the concept of open source for somehow failing to give them a living.

You want to sell software? Fine, sell software. But just do it and own it.

No rethinking of anything happened here.

[notarobot123]

It's a rethink from the starting point of "everything should always be open source"

I think what's mentioned here is a pragmatic approach for software-centric businesses who want to be open-source but have realized that it doesn't really work without opening yourself to getting "Jeff'd" (ripped off by Amazon).

[Brian_K_White]

I was going to say that no one said everything had to be only open source, but of course one person did say that, but hardly anyone else.

And getting Jeff'd is not a problem. If you care about getting Jeff'd, then you simply want to sell software instead of create software. So go forth and sell, and don't pretend all the people who wrote those open source licences and live by them just somehow don't get the realities of life. They do. In fact they get things people like these guys don't. It's fine to have that weakness and just decide to sell under the traditional 80's terms, but don't pretend it's required and forced upon you and anyone else who chooses not to do the same somehow doesn't also live in reality.