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Seems to me that unless they are lucky and get under the protecting wings of Red Hat or something, most Open Source developers do it for free even if the work i
by reitanqild 11y ago
Seems to me that unless they are lucky and get under the protecting wings of Red Hat or something, most Open Source developers do it for free even if the work is worth good money.
I'm hoping that sandstorm or another hosting provider that makes a business out of reselling open source anyway can try out one or more models where a fraction of the revenue is fed back to the creators / the community to encourage more development.
Don't know if it would work but I can hope.
- sysk 11y agoI'm working on exactly that. However, I'm a bit fearful it will be received negatively by developers.
- reitanqild 11y agoOf course it will, by some. Hopefully most should see some value in getting their software in the hands of more users while also getting a little money without doing anything extra.
- aleksei 11y agoIf they receive it negatively, perhaps they should have put more thought into licensing - or commercialised it themselves.