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I tried to fix software funding - I think people can sell licenses to their software, we can introduce new licenses that allow free usage for individuals and no

I tried to fix software funding - I think people can sell licenses to their software, we can introduce new licenses that allow free usage for individuals and nonprofits and charge the companies. I am the worst marketer/seller ever and failed with getting the publicity. I still think that’s a worthwhile idea and have all the source code for this platform

bruce511 2y ago
>> we can introduce new licenses that allow free usage for individuals and nonprofits and charge the companies You definitely can use such a license for your project. That's trivial to do. However, of course, that would not be an OSS compatible license. I'm as big a fan of OSS as the next guy. I'm also a fan of eating. I sell my work (as source code) with a proprietary license. That's how I "solved" the problem, at least for me. Ideologically I'd love for it to be open source. But there's no sustainable way of capturing that value. So rather than not-do-it I chose to charge for it instead. (Shrug).