> > If it was only my situation, I wouldn't have asked. But I'm also an Open > Source Evangelist and FSFE member and have detected this common pattern > with Open Source projects becoming mature, usable, successful. They don't > fit into the Open Source world any longer and start escaping into dual > licensing, Open Core, closed source forks or only older versions remain > free. Not only the projects are lost but there is also a brain drain of > programmers. Another brain drain pattern: talented young programmers turn > away after their first half finished Open Source project for a real job. > Whether this was considered or not, I can imagine a better overall > situation but it all boils down to breaking the money barrier. > > So does the tax authority, especially in US. They dislike the model where non-for-profit convert to for-profit after a piece of software is mature. They see it is getting a tax advantage during development to reduce cost.
The money barrier is real, but if I had been a user of your software it is only to be expected. If I were really worried I would had gone to a project that has a robust charter which says it will not go for-profit. That does not offer full protection, but it is the best I can get. Bye cinly
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