No, but they were probably planning (originally) to license the software. Maybe not at the full $1,000 retail or for 550,000+ computers... I wonder how the software would compare to the commercial offering if they had hired 100 independent contractors at $150k to develop it in the open.

Incidentally, it looks like development was funded in part by the German government, but I can't find anything to indicate how much. http://www.bitmanagement.com/en/press/2013/bsstudio