Would you consider using an open source solution if it's linked with for-profit SaaS?
We're developing SaaS solution for businesses, and we plan to receive payments for it once it leaves beta. The solution should help companies comply with EU GDPR law.
In the same time, we're offering open-source, MIT licensed, GitHub hosted client SDK, which software companies and organizations with IT departments can use to adapt their apps to be compliant with the GDPR.
Client SDK can be standalone, and as a such, it can be a helpful tool for developers providing guidance and know-how. However, in its default implementation, Client SDK connects to our SaaS to obtain notifications, to log operations, etc.
Disabling communication with our SaaS is trivial.
Would you consider using Client SDK under these circumstances, or does it sounds weird?
I don't think it sounds weird. For example, the Docker CLI connects to the Docker hub by default, but you can also point it to your own or a 3rd-party registry of images. As long as the data format or protocol is open so that others can provide alternative implementations, I don't see a problem at all.
Thnx!