I had an interesting discussion with a colleague yesterday who raised some questions I couldn't answer:
1. Who funds open source projects and the main contributors to those projects? For instance, the Rails project has key contributors who seem to be working full-time on the project.
2. Can an open source project get acquired by an organisation and become a proprietary product?
1. Who funds open source projects and the main contributors to those projects? For instance, the Rails project has key contributors who seem to be working full-time on the project.
2. Can an open source project get acquired by an organisation and become a proprietary product?