Originally Posted by Unbelievable
Carbonite could return to the commercial arena. Providing an SVN could limit their option to do so IMO.
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That doesn't actually hold true. There are commercial products that are in open source. Many companies do this for a number of reasons:
- It allows users to verify there are no security holes
- Users can submit potential bug fixes and new features
- It generates a developer community
So simply opening the source code up does nothing to eliminate the commercial viability of a product. If the license states that the company retains all rights and any changes are subject to approval of the company. Even Microsoft has released portions of their code to open source, but they maintain the rights and still sell the products.