The primary goal of a startup is to make money through acquisition or IPO, and the primary goal of business more generally is to make money selling a good or se

The primary goal of a startup is to make money through acquisition or IPO, and the primary goal of business more generally is to make money selling a good or service. Grants and donations don't really fit into that, and isn't the topic of this whether or not to open source the code of a commercial venture?