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Okay, I will assume: 1. You are unlikely to make more than $10k 2. If you do make some money off it, it will be much more than $10k That is to say, there is
by startupdiscuss 10y ago
Okay, I will assume:
1. You are unlikely to make more than $10k
2. If you do make some money off it, it will be much more than $10k
That is to say, there is a 90% chance of making $0 and a 10% chance of making 100s of thousands.
In this case, it is worth more than $10k from an expected value perspective.
The value of the product might be much greater for the community, and you might get speaking gigs and so on out of it. Not sure how much you value those.
If you don't need the money, I would not take it.
If you do need the money, who am I to tell you what to do?
- etewiah 10y ago"a 10% chance of making 100s of thousands" - I wish / hope ;) I don't desperately need the money right now. I'm more attracted by the idea of a good base from which I can draw a steady income over the years. I've been quite surprised at how much effort is involved in maintaining an open source project though. Its fun but its also quite tempting when an offer comes along. Would be interesting to know if there have been other projects that have shut down after an offer was made.