> The second part of this story comes down to why customers might choose Open Source software in the first place. Many of them are looking to invest into modern, less mature technologies.<p>This, in my eyes, is the <i>opposite</i> of why most Open Source software is selected. Business technology over the past 10 years has been obsessed with disruption, to the point that you're almost always pitched some greenfield tech with 2 or 3 production-integrated customers. The old guard is Open Source, you're never <i>not</i> comparing a new product to the free alternatives that can be had for nothing. That was a big part of the GNU movement and persists as an advantage today.<p>Open Source isn't a business model, but if you can't give your product away for free there's practically no chance you'll succeed with less permissive licensing. Frankly if you spend that much time tinkering with a trendy license like BSL or FSL, I'll basically conclude you're insecure about your product's image.