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When business partners disagree about competitive open source strategy

My business partner and I want to open-source our company's processes and learnings but we're fighting about how much competitive advantage we're giving away and whether sharing everything is naive or principled.

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Two people sharing both ideals and financial risk are discovering that principles and pragmatism don't always align cleanly.

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