Re:Example: CATS Applicant Tracking System (Score 1)

As I said, we did what we did to create a balance between a profitable company and and open source. I'm not saying its impossible, but it's difficult to be completely 100% true to the open source movement and to still make a profit. If we had GPLd our code, for example, our only real avenues to make money would be via selling professional support. If we removed our "no ASP hosting" clause, other companies could just ASP host our product for cheaper and then there would be less of a reason to buy our hosting services. We didn't just create this application in our basement. We're a real company with a real development team. The project wouldn't exist today if we hadn't been able to bring in enough income to support our company.