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A couple of clarifications:

- The intent of the report is not to produce “marketing,” but to aggregate long-term data on how COSS companies perform financially vs. peers. That lens naturally emphasizes outcomes that investors care about, but we agree it should not be read as a full industry audit.

- You’re absolutely right that OSS has its share of challenges (license changes, governance breakdowns, company failures). In fact, we’ve noted BUSL and others as examples of how fragile the balance between community and commerce can be — we’ll make sure to expand this angle further in future editions.

- On categorization (e.g., blockchain/crypto/AI companies), we try to stick to a transparent methodology: if a company’s core product is open source and commercialized, it’s included. We welcome debate on where to draw that line — it’s part of why we publish openly.

Our goal is to start conversations, not close them — so comments like yours are exactly the kind of pushback that helps us improve.

(I'm one of the co author of the report)