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Should enterprise libraries be paid or free?

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Audience asks whether enterprise libraries like Trailblazer, rails_event_store and Eventide should be paid. Nick: Trailblazer has paid gems coming up — still open source but priced, because companies want to pay. Nathan: walled gardens die and it's hard to build enthusiastic community around proprietary products; Eventide's mission is ensuring tooling is available for people solving the problems he and his colleague once solved.

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Trailblazer is moving to paid-but-open-source gems. Nathan prefers fully free OSS; walled gardens die and mission comes before profit.
question Should enterprise libraries be paid or free?
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Covers Trailblazer's upcoming paid gems.
question Should enterprise libraries be paid or free?
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Eventide project
Covers Nathan's stance that walled gardens die.
question Should enterprise libraries be paid or free?
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Audience question during the panel.

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