Comment on Ask HN: Should I Open Source Every Product I Build as an Indie Developer?Comments−bombcar8momonetize through advertisingIf you open-source, what's preventing someone running a quick copy elsewhere?−tomfox2OP8moThat's what I'm considering. Once my product becomes relatively mature and gains a certain user base, a simple copy by others shouldn't be able to take my users away.−gardenhedge8moYou could use 37Signal's new OSassy license: https://osaasy.dev/"do-whatever-you-want license, but with the commercial rights for SaaS reserved for the copyright holder"
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If you open-source, what's preventing someone running a quick copy elsewhere?
That's what I'm considering. Once my product becomes relatively mature and gains a certain user base, a simple copy by others shouldn't be able to take my users away.
You could use 37Signal's new OSassy license: https://osaasy.dev/
"do-whatever-you-want license, but with the commercial rights for SaaS reserved for the copyright holder"