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AI Drives Open-Source Projects Toward Paid Models
Several popular .NET libraries like AutoMapper and MediatR have adopted dual-licensing or commercial models. PrimeNG, PrimeReact, and PrimeVue will no longer release future major versions as open source. AI accelerates maintainer burnout, licensing challenges, and security risks, pushing more projects toward paid or closed-source models.
Meridian48 take
The article rightly highlights AI as an accelerant, but the underlying funding and burnout issues have long plagued open source; AI may simply be the final straw.
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