Open source is fundamental to accelerate innovation, leveraging the scale and the expertise of the Arduino user community, which contributes new features, bug fixes and collaborative review of code changes.
It also provides a key benefit to professional developers by enabling faster adoption of the technology thanks to the additional flexibility and reduction of the lock-in risks.
Our revenue model related to software is more sophisticated compared to the traditional closed-source models based on selling licenses regardless of the usage scenario. We base our technology stack on OSI-approved software licenses that allow the code to be used, studied and modified by anyone; at the same time we offer dual licensing options for enterprises and professionals who need even more control.