Ask HN: How to create income from software licenses?

I want to create a library that can be used in applications. Users would compile it into their desktop/mobile applications. Could I create a business model where users pay for a license to use the library, but the source code is available on Github? Would the app stores remove apps that use the library without a license? Do you know of any successful businesses that use this type of model (public source code with paid for licenses)?