Sourcegraph is now open source
I&#x27;m especially interested in open source&#x2F;free software businesses and business models. Are you planning to do an open core kind of thing, or maintain full on open source while charging for hosting and&#x2F;or other services?  I realise that might be a difficult question to answer as you might want to keep your options open, so I&#x27;m not asking for a commitment :-)  I&#x27;m just curious about your plans.<p>Also do you ever think you might add (for want of a better phrase) custom development services if you aren&#x27;t already?  For example, allowing people to pay a fee to get specific features added to Sourcegraph.  What are the kinds of benefits and risks you might see from going in that kind of direction?<p>I&#x27;ve noticed that a lot of open core businesses tend to avoid offering customer development services -- and if they do it&#x27;s often perceived as a cost centre rather than a profit centre.  It&#x27;s something that is provided out of necessity of having to provide custom solutions for a few big customers, but the services team often appears to be at odds with the core development team.  As you have obviously gone through the thought process of how to make money when your software is out in the open, I wonder what kinds of thoughts you have on that topic.<p>It&#x27;s really nice to see this kinds of stuff happening and I wish you the best luck possible in your endeavours!