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I foresee this happening too. For me to not worry about this, three things would have to happen:

1. Open source everything, including the parts of the code that are currently premium

2. Switch to a copyleft license like the GPL

3. Start accepting substantial contributions from the community without a CLA

Then they'd be legally unable to do that kind of rug pull.



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