[borski]

Dropbox did it for Zulip.

It entirely depends on how much the seller cared to ensure continuity. It’s not like VoidZero didn’t have plenty of leverage; they weren’t a dying open source project.

[throw14082020]

Dropbox spun out Zulip because it was a failed project they were going to shut down.

This is completely different?

[borski]

Dropbox never had any intention of running Zulip. But the team wanted Zulip to continue existing, so they worked that into the agreement with Dropbox.

That is my understanding.