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Practically it is closed-source and then once financial targets get satisfied (sponsors, sale, maintenance contracts) one open-sources it. Thus is how a lot of enterprise software gets opened.

If it is trully open-source from start then anyone can freely dostribute the copy outside of the elite group.




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