Companies that don't make enough money with #opensource may close it again. Foundations prevent such moves. On the other hand, foundations don't pay maintainers. At least one can say that going foss is risky for companies when they become successful.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/open-source-companies-that-go-proprietary-a-timeline/?
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