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Not really. How would they even evaluate the software? This only works in theory.
Selling commercial database software to big enterprises seems to work in practice for Oracle.
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Selling commercial database software to big enterprises seems to work in practice for Oracle.
So the path for open source databases is to have a massive sales team, customer support, POC contracts, etc?
You are free to volunteer your time to Amazon, no one is stopping you. They would probably accept cash donations as well.
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So the path for open source databases is to have a massive sales team, customer support, POC contracts, etc?
One path for developers who don't want to make a charitable donation to their friendly Fortune 500 is to pick a free software license unpalatable to corporate lawyers and then charge corpos for a commercial dual-license. You are free to volunteer your time to Amazon, no one is stopping you. They would probably accept cash donations as well.
It's not insurmountable. Lots of companies have been built on AGPL or adjacent licenses. It's just a meaningful hurdle. People can do whatever they want, your framing of "oh just give your money to corporations" is ridiculous as I'm not advocating for anyting like that.
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One path for developers who don't want to make a charitable donation to their friendly Fortune 500 is to pick a free software license unpalatable to corporate lawyers and then charge corpos for a commercial dual-license. You are free to volunteer your time to Amazon, no one is stopping you. They would probably accept cash donations as well.
I feel like you're just restating the premise, which I'm explaining won't work or at least will see significant challenges. Companies won't touch your software, whether you support a corporate license or not, and you have no way to enter the company because of that license. It's not insurmountable. Lots of companies have been built on AGPL or adjacent licenses. It's just a meaningful hurdle. People can do whatever th…