Initially I was going closed-source all the way, or at least until we have a good reputation, and open-sourcing will only improve that rep.
Recently though, I've been thinking about open-sourcing the entire solution. Various popular SaaS solutions have open-sourced under AGPL and are generating revenue. For instance, Gitorious (http://gitorious.com/subdomain) is AGPL but they make profit. OpenERP as does OpenERP. I am building an ecommerce solution, and am considering offering free use of part of the system, pay per/month to use the entire system. By making the solution open-source, couldn't a competitor just download my project and offer it at a cheaper fee per/month? If I open-source, will that increase or decrease my revenue? To reiterate my question: Should I open-source the project, or keep it closed-source? Thanks for the advice, Alec Taylor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
