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by whit537 684 days ago
> I'm not sure what your visibility is inside teams, but seeing one of these "BSL" or "fair source" licenses usually terminates the product evaluation with a laugh.

Eric Raymond had a similar take. I wrote this response for him:

https://openpath.chadwhitacre.com/2024/widespread-use-of-a-f...

tl;dr Sentry, in addition to 100,000+ SaaS customers, has 10,000+ unmonetized self-hosted users from hobbyists up to FAANG companies. This is strong evidence against your claim that Fair Source licensing "usually terminates the product evaluation with a laugh."