<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><br></h1><br><div id="jump-to-nav"><br>thanks for responding to this question also via: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Special:RecentChanges?title=Talk:Complete_Guide_To_Freemium_Business_Models&rcid=53792">http://p2pfoundation.net/Special:RecentChanges?title=Talk:Complete_Guide_To_Freemium_Business_Models&rcid=53792</a><br>
<br>Johannes asks:<br>
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<p>Regarding "<i>There�s a critical distinction here and that is
that your code is out there and anyone can start a company to
commercialize this code. Bear in mind that it is very hard (often
impossible) to reverse a decision to open-source</i>":
</p><p>It is IMO an option to provide an open kernel, especially to
ensure interoperability,
so others can enrich by own components
and keep code of other components private.
</p><p>Though I would prefer the donation model (instead of selling),
because it offers the opportunity, that more people may use the
software.
In consequence the percentage of people willing to give can be lower
to achieve a comparable earning.
</p><p>My question is: <b>are there examples of open code harvested by
commercial developers</b>?
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<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/User:JohnnyB" title="User:JohnnyB">
Johannes</a> 10. September 2011
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