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Can someone explain to me how you "acquire" an open-source project?

I know it's been done for years and reflects so basic a misunderstanding I have about the ecosystem.

Also, if your goal is to commercialize, why open source at all anymore vs have a free tier and ecosystem?

> Can someone explain to me how you "acquire" an open-source project?

You corrupt the hearts of core maintainers with truckloads of cash, then get them to stop working on it (and instead on something else) and to effectively kill the brand.

Of course the code is free for anyone to pick up & work on, but setting up new infra & finding new people is costly in both time and money.

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