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Authors and musicians, unless they are extremely successful, don't make a living from royalties. Income mostly comes from live performances and merchandise. As
by drnick1 10mo ago
Authors and musicians, unless they are extremely successful, don't make a living from royalties. Income mostly comes from live performances and merchandise. As for software development, the open source model clearly shows that money can be made. Also, most software out there isn't actually distributed and is internal to a business or company.
- hermitcrab 10mo agoAuthors who are not extremely successful get their income from live performances and merchandise, not royaties? Any authors here care to comment? >As for software development, the open source model clearly shows that money can be made Ok, so I sell data wrangling software for Windows and Mac for $99 per license. Mostly to people who aren't programmers. Kindly tell me how that would work with an open source model.
- drnick1 10mo ago> Kindly tell me how that would work with an open source model. Even without copyright, nothing prevents your from selling software. Chances are people who don't want to pay for your software already don't. If paying for software adds value otherwise (such as access to updates and support), people will still pay for it.
- Mashimo 10mo ago> the open source model clearly shows that money can be made. Does it?
- hermitcrab 10mo agoI know lots of professional Indie software developers. I can't think of a single one that uses an open source model.