(Year 2) First Beta Version

Decide on making the project open-source at this stage based on several factors

• Market breakthrough
  • Evaluate the project’s market reception and user adoption during private beta or internal testing phases.
  • Determine if there is significant interest and demand from the broader community for an open-source 2D CAD library and file format.
• Quality and readiness of the file and library
  • Ensure that the duc file format and the associated libraries are mature, stable, and feature-complete.
  • Gather feedback from initial users to refine and improve the library and file format.
• Affordability and sustainability
  • Assess Ducflair’s financial capacity to support an open-source initiative, including potential costs for infrastructure, core maintainers, managers, reviewers, and continuous development.
  • Explore how Vercel manages to sustain a project like Next.js efficiently and consider similar models for Ducflair.
  • By this time pool the developer audience captured and evaluate whether the project is ready to be open-sourced.