> And if these LLM tools work, it's good, right? They find bugs, systems get safer. I want systems to be safer. On the other hand, I'm motivated to share what I do because I really want to help people. If it's just LLMs... it feels hollow.

I get that you have a financial issue, but perhaps you don't need to be conflicted about about open-sourcing your work as far as helping people goes? LLMs are tools for people. Code, research, standards, etc... are all means to an end. Maybe the agent operator doesn't read or understand your work, but the guy who built the agent skills likely did. Progress moves upward, while standing on the work of those who came before us.

LLMs have lowered the barrier to creating software and can hide a lot of source material, but your work is clearly having an impact here. If your goal is to help people make better software, that's still what's happening. The industry shift is happening regardless, so we might as well embrace the positives instead of focusing on the negatives IMHO.

Moving to a closed-source model for financial reasons is a totally separate issue IMO, and I wish you good luck and prosperity regardless of your decision.