Marit van Dijk is a Java Champion and Developer Advocate at JetBrains with over 20 years of software development experience. She's passionate about building great software with great people, and...
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Jamie is a Developer Advocate for Sonatype formally IBM, based in the UK. He talks about the importance of security in software, improving developer productivity and raising awareness about energy...
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A JVM developer working on profilers and their underlying technology, e.g. JEP Candidate 435, in the SapMachine team at SAP.
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Marit van Dijk
How Software Companies Give Away...Yes, Johannes is right. IntelliJ IDEA Community is open sourced under the Apache license.
Jamie Coleman
How Software Companies Give Away...I think are right. Many companies use a combination of models to suit their audience...
Johannes Bechberger
How Software Companies Give Away...Isn't IntellJ also an example of the open-core model? IntelliJ Community is Apache 2.0 licensed.
Jamie Coleman
How Software Companies Give Away...Hey Marit Thanks for highlighting these additional licences. I had to stick to the "main"...
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How Software Companies Give Away Stuff for Free
There are many different ways to give away stuff for free and in this article I try and explain the main approaches that software companies use and the reasoning behind these methods.
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Marit van Dijk
• 2 years agoYes, Johannes is right. IntelliJ IDEA Community is open sourced under the Apache license.
Jamie Coleman
• 2 years agoI think are right. Many companies use a combination of models to suit their audience and financial needs. Marit will...
Johannes Bechberger
• 2 years agoIsn't IntellJ also an example of the open-core model? IntelliJ Community is Apache 2.0 licensed.
Jamie Coleman
• 2 years agoHey Marit Thanks for highlighting these additional licences. I had to stick to the "main" licence types otherwise the article...