> How do you sell ads on open source code? The code just shows ads. Users are free to get rid of them, but you hope they don't; perhaps you encourage them not

> How do you sell ads on open source code? The code just shows ads. Users are free to get rid of them, but you hope they don't; perhaps you encourage them not to. (Note: webpages are often the same way; users can run AdBlock if they want.) If advertisers pay only for click-throughs to their site, then they know they're not getting ripped off. > I know about ubuntu and firefox but was wondering if there are startups doing open source work and generating revenue. Well, you said "famous". Once you're famous, you're often not a start-up any more. In any case, I can't think of any, but then I'm not really into the start-up scene.