What, in this case, is “a profitable open-source software company”? I.e. what is your exact business model? To be precise, when your customers pay you, what d

What, in this case, is “a profitable open-source software company”? I.e. what is your exact business model? To be precise, when your customers pay you, what do they expect, and recieve, in return? This could be consulting, bespoke development, etc. That, whatever that is, is your company, not “open source”. The fact that you publish some code as open source is mostly irrelevant. No company is “an open source company”, they are instead companies with business models which allow them to publish source code under open and free licenses. A woodworking shop could be such a company if they also publish whatever software they write (during the course of their normal work) under open and free licenses. In other words, open source is not a business model¹. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30291919#30292595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30291919#30292595