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The traditional ways to make money from free (libre) software and open source were : 1.) selling physical copies 2.) charging for support The first one is pr
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
The traditional ways to make money from free (libre) software and open source were :
1.) selling physical copies
2.) charging for support
The first one is probably not viable most of the time these days, but I can see how the second one could work : for instance one could modify one's code forge so that you would need to pay to open a ticket, and/or put up an asked sum of money to start working on a ticket (that several people could contribute to).
- Qwertious 6y agoWe could still sell software if distros decided to add support for selling freedom-respecting software through the package manager. Some people still do it (see RCU on http://davisr.me http://davisr.me , it's a $15 FOSS third-party program for stuff related to the ReMarkable e-ink stylus tablet)
- cercatrova 6y agoNeither option stops Amazon from packaging your code up and selling it as a cloud service.