tales of phantasia.

the op intro song is very memorable

If it makes you feel a bit better, think of it this way: Typescript is open-sourced not to just get the public free-access to it, but also for the public to provide feedback and improvements. Without outside devs to report bugs, TS would be living [ and dying ] in its own bubble.

This is almost™ the same tactic Apple uses for Darwin by making use of netBSD’s open source nature.