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by generalizations 825 days ago
It's a great strategy for sure. If I were running a software company that depended on software licenses and consulting fees for income, and I had to keep my stuff open-source, then what you outlined would be the best (and really, only) strategy for long-term survivability. It's a moat, and a good one, because it's plausibly deniable.