[levifig]

I blame this on the recent development of "open source as a marketing strategy". I'm getting tired of "open source" products that have restrictive licenses, or that are open source but lock features behind paywalls and subscription plans. It seems open source is just an excuse to ask for "stars" and to get some good will from potential users.

The Open Source world has become what the startup world became: more posers than supporters.

If you're worried that people will steal your code, your idea, or use your product for free, then don't claim it's "open source" and say "source available for auditing purposes" and start paying for contributions.

[johnea]

"open source" has always been a marketing strategy. Primarily intended for the development of commercial products.

Try to overcome the aversion to saying "free software".

This would more accurately express what your trying to say above...