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by mariocesar 835 days ago
A contributor offered the feature for free, the maintainers don't want it to be free. It's expected because is a business.

It's disappointing because it's a problem with no clear winners. It's difficult to solve it for all.

I was not trying to be contentious, just observing that open core is difficult to do it right for all parts involved.

Things will align themselves, probably a fork, users moving to alternatives, or something else.