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I hate to have to bring this up, but please don't advertise source available software as being open source. You have a cool product and making the source available is a good thing, you don't need to lie about the extent to which you're opening it up.

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It seems easiest to just take "open source" out of the title above - the post is fine without that bit, and it will reduce distractions - so I've done that now. Thanks!

It's valid that you bring this up!

We're still discussing this. We do have a plan to open what's currently built entirely, and later build proprietary features inside an /ee dir.

You can read more about our strategy on our company's open handbook: https://github.com/watermelontools/public-handbook/blob/main...

We're still discussing this.

The suggestion in the GP is that you are mis-representing your product and you seem to be confirming this. Instead of asking people to read the handbook, it seems easier to just change the inaccurate bits for now.

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