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After 5 years of building and fighting for our startup, we’ve reached the end — the product will be shut down soon. I won’t mention names to keep this from sounding promotional. Let’s just say it’s a kind of website builder.

We’ve tried (unsuccessfully) to sell the codebase. Meanwhile, some of our most loyal users are now asking us to open source it. Part of me feels this would be a meaningful way to give back and ensure the project doesn’t completely disappear.

However, I can also foresee a lot of technical and legal complications, not to mention potential maintenance burdens.

Has anyone here been through this before? Any lessons, regrets, or advice?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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