> Despite the passage of time, is it any easier today for a small startup or individual developer to make a living from their open source product? You answer y

> Despite the passage of time, is it any easier today for a small startup or individual developer to make a living from their open source product? You answer your own question: > Thousands of developers make money building products or services for clients or customers using open source software. That is the model that has grown massively. There are many more companies these days with acceptable open source contribution policies and who will pay their employees for time spent contributing to open source when that time provides the company with good value. > But what if the developer simply wants to charge a business for using their open source product? That's harder. But does it matter?