Is software truly open source if you pay for additional features? Youranswer may depend on whether you side with the purists or the, ah,not-so-pure. A recent trend entering the debate involves the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about enterprise software technology and trends. How did these companies grow from free projects into billion-dollar ...

Why the threat of lock-in needs to be balanced against the danger of selecting a vendor that can't fund future product evolution A debate has been raging over the popular open core business model that ...

In one of our first ZDnet posts a couple years back, we proffered the question of whether open source was becoming the new default business model for enterprise software. It's only been a couple years ...

The history of open source has seen many different approaches to balancing an open source project and generating revenue. Dual licensing, proprietary update systems, membership dues, soliciting ...

Many open source software companies embraced the open core model to increase revenues. Yugabyte found greater rewards leaving open core behind. Chef co-founder Adam Jacob argues you should follow his ...

The term “open core” essentially means that the heart of a software project is built on, and remains, open source but added features may not be (particularly a commercial version intended for ...

What is the difference between open source and open core, and is one better for your business than the other? Back in 2013, CMSWire asked a simple question of experts in the field: "Which is better, ...