open core
noun1
A business model for software whereby the core is open-source and free, while closed-source add-ons are available for purchase.
- We deliver a fully functional product with our community edition. You can download it under a GPL v3 license. But, additionally, we provide enterprise features only if you pay for them. It's open core.2012, Simon Phipps, Open Source Strategies for the Enterprise, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
- In part because the upsell features are often not clearly partitioned off from the core project, many open core products require their contributors to sign a contributor license agreement (CLA), which assigns rights to the commercial owner of the product.2018, Gordon Haff, How Open Source Ate Software […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 109:
- Related terms
- open source, freemium