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Defining Software Freedom: The Singularity of Free

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2010

[ Thanks to Jim
Lynch
for this link. ]

“Last week, I wrote about the somewhat-vague definition
of the open core business model, and how it compared to the
dual-license business model. Open core, like dual licenses, are all
part of the whole
“ways-to-make-money-faster-with-open-source-software” genre of
business, but they are not the same thing.

“It should be noted up front that I may have been a bit
presumptuous in assigning the origins of open core to Aaron
Fulkerson, the CEO of MindTouch. In a comment on my blog, Fulkerson
himself corrected the issue:

“”I can’t take credit for ‘open core.’ When we began
capitalizing MindTouch I employed a model that made sense to me
because it seemed to strike a nice balance between the needs and
wants of the community of MindTouch users and the needs (and wants)
of our company. I didn’t have a name for it until Lampitt coined
the term. I simply adopted it. Furthermore, I don’t think this is a
new model. Indeed, we’ve been employing this model since the very
dawn of software.”

“Fair enough.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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