Some people say open source is a business model. It's not. Figure out A) is there something customers value B) would they pay money for it C) how much and fo

Some people say open source is a business model. It's not. Figure out A) is there something customers value B) would they pay money for it C) how much and for how long D) is the value something you capture (how much would YOU keep) E) would the money you capture allow you to survive for a while based on your capital and shareholders and give them (or yourself) something back Otherwise you are not building a business. You are just keeping busy or worse wasting someone's money. This applies whether you open source or not.