Hi,
I agree that Open Core approaches can damage Free Software. They use the Free Software core as a bait to again create artificial lock-in to a proprietary solution on top.
But...
On 06.01.2014 23:34, Torsten Grote wrote:
On Sunday 05 January 2014 23:13:04 Florian Weimer wrote:
Does FSF Europe really think that this model is a good way to fund free software development, absorbing the leftovers from proprietary software?
No it absolutely does not! There's real Free Software companies and they show that it is possible to earn money without going Open Core.
We should not argue like that. There is no definition of what a "Free Software company" is. Companies do not produce software per se, they produce products and services, trying to offer a value that customers recognize and are willing to pay for. There is no special "Free Software economy" either, so I suggest we avoid inventing new terms and categories that are blurry or undefined.
Cheers,
Mirko.