提问 HN：创业公司要倒闭了，我们应该开源吗？
3 分•作者: amadeoeoeo•7 个月前
在经历了五年创业和奋斗之后，我们终于走到了终点——我们的产品即将关闭。为了避免有宣传的嫌疑，我就不提具体的名字了。简单来说，它是一个网站搭建工具。<p>我们曾尝试（但未成功）出售代码库。与此同时，我们一些最忠实的用户现在正要求我们将其开源。我内心的一部分觉得，这或许是一种有意义的回馈方式，可以确保这个项目不会彻底消失。<p>然而，我也预见到这其中会涉及许多技术和法律上的复杂问题，更不用说潜在的维护负担了。<p>这里有人经历过类似的情况吗？有什么经验教训、遗憾或者建议吗？<p>先谢谢大家了！<p>（使用了AI来改进拼写）
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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.<p>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.<p>However, I can also foresee a lot of technical and legal complications, not to mention potential maintenance burdens.<p>Has anyone here been through this before? Any lessons, regrets, or advice?<p>Thanks a lot in advance!<p>(AI used to improve spelling)