The Contribute or Pay Idea, Revisited
The 2003 Jahia text and its bargain: open the code to all, then ask commercial users to pay or contribute.
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The models
the business shapes of shared code: dual licensing, open core, contribute-or-pay, the source-available family
Kept in this part
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The License That Waits to Open
Restricted now, open on a stated date: the delayed-release bargain and its tidy ending.
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Two Licenses, One Codebase
Sell the same code twice: copyleft for the commons, a commercial license for those who cannot share.
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The Open Core Bargain
A free kernel in the commons and a ring of paid features around it: the bargain, and where the line is drawn.
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