“The term open core is poison for an open source project today
isn’t it?More often than not, the term open core refers to some crippled
piece of open source software that only really works when paired
with some type of proprietary shell that make the software
usable.Yet, the open core model – is still what many open source
software firms (or at least, those that have raised venture funds)
are embracing.There is another way.
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