I don't think there's anything scandalous here. I'm not Stallman; releasing non-Free Software is a perfectly legitimate and unscandalous thing to do IMO.
Just be honest about it. Don't call it "Apache with this tiny little change that won't affect most people." Call it freeware (or shareware) with source available.
And if you don't want to do that because FOSS has trounced shareware in the enterprise sales market... well, that's for you to figure out. I'm just here to say that it's actual FOSS that can be fully part of the FOSS ecosystem, like being in Linux distros, that trounced shareware. FOSS-but-not-really hasn't. Be honest with yourselves too, as well as honest with the world.
Just be honest about it. Don't call it "Apache with this tiny little change that won't affect most people." Call it freeware (or shareware) with source available.
And if you don't want to do that because FOSS has trounced shareware in the enterprise sales market... well, that's for you to figure out. I'm just here to say that it's actual FOSS that can be fully part of the FOSS ecosystem, like being in Linux distros, that trounced shareware. FOSS-but-not-really hasn't. Be honest with yourselves too, as well as honest with the world.