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Ask HN: [Devs of dual-license OSS] how/where do you track “free” users?

1 pointsby riyakhanna1983over 2 years ago
Developers of open-source software tools/packages under a dual license ("free" as well as commercial) , where/how do you track who is using your "free" software?

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dupedover 2 years ago
You offer some part of the product behind an always online portion that requires account creation. The premium users will pay for access to it.<p>Dual licensing the code itself requires an honor system which is fine, but has an upper limit on growth if that&#x27;s what you&#x27;re optimizing for.