问HN：创业公司即将关闭，我们应该开源吗？
经过五年的努力和奋斗，我们的初创公司终于走到了尽头——我们的产品即将关闭。我不想提及具体名称，以免听起来像是在做宣传。可以说这是一种网站建设工具。
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希望我们将其开源。我内心的一部分觉得，这将是一个有意义的方式来回馈用户，并确保这个项目不会完全消失。
然而，我也能预见到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。
这里有没有人经历过类似的情况？有什么经验、遗憾或建议吗？
非常感谢大家的帮助！
（使用了人工智能来改善拼写）
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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)