Well, it's also very difficult to justify contributing to a project that's open core because it means assigning your copyright to someone who stands to profit from your work while denying you the same right. There have been projects that have managed to still get contributions under this model [1], but they're probably the exception rather than the rule.
Of course, then when you don't get any contributions that only feeds the justification for focusing on the paid product, because clearly "the community doesn't care".
[1] mysql is the biggest and most obvious example, but it seems like a lot of tension built up over it and that's resulted in several forks existing now. Who presumably accept contributions without attribution to Oracle.
Of course, then when you don't get any contributions that only feeds the justification for focusing on the paid product, because clearly "the community doesn't care".
[1] mysql is the biggest and most obvious example, but it seems like a lot of tension built up over it and that's resulted in several forks existing now. Who presumably accept contributions without attribution to Oracle.