There have been a few cases where other businesses have taken Sentry code to directly compete with Sentry.io (the SaaS business).
For example, at one point somebody operated sentry.otherdomain, reselling the service commercially as-is. In another case, a larger, better-capitalized software vendor explored bundling Sentry as part of a broader tools offering.
These efforts undermine the project because they did not contribute back to the project, either monetarily or with code contributions. Whereas when Sentry monetizes the work, the revenue earned pays the software developers who maintain and improve the work.
For example, at one point somebody operated sentry.otherdomain, reselling the service commercially as-is. In another case, a larger, better-capitalized software vendor explored bundling Sentry as part of a broader tools offering.
These efforts undermine the project because they did not contribute back to the project, either monetarily or with code contributions. Whereas when Sentry monetizes the work, the revenue earned pays the software developers who maintain and improve the work.