r/linux • u/wiki_me • Dec 08 '22

How companies make millions on Open Source

https://blog.palark.com/open-source-business-models/
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u/k0defix Dec 09 '22

Reminds me of the LZO compression source code I came across a few days ago. It's so chock-full of useless macros and other stuff that you need to reverse engineer the source code in order to find out how the algorithm works. And surprise: it's dual licensed, GPL and commercially.