[killme2008]

This is something that has never happened before. When you need open source for promotion and fundraising, you embrace open source; when you want to make money, you kick open source to the curb. That's what we see.

[abhisek]

There is a need for a funding base especially when a project grows beyond a single person and needs a team to be maintained.

Either this “somehow” comes from the community or it comes from the investors. If it’s the latter then eventually the pull is more towards revenue.

[kcexn]

Synadia was clearly open to being supported by community contributions. But since no-one who used NATS wanted to maintain NATS, a decision has to be made about how to support the project in the long-term.