I've written open source for several decades, and certainly enjoyed the spoils of open source, but I've also seen a ton of bad behavior. Keeping it closed source certainly is not a guarantee that I avoid intellectual property theft or license violations, but at least I'm not just one agent prompt away from someone rebranding and reselling what I've worked full-time on for more than a decade.
Turned out not to materially impact our efforts. But it felt like a gut punch at the time.
AI enables this for closed source. Reputation and community are durable differentiators nowadays. I hope your 10 years of investment provides that.
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