Let’s talk about open-source sustainability

Re:Let’s talk about open-source sustainability by roel_v on Friday January 18, 2019 @12:22AM (#18937221)

Because it's so trite and obvious.. Oh really, support, geez why didn't I think of that? This discussion has been going on for 20+ years and the conclusion is simple: OS is not a viable business model in the vast majority of cases, and certainly not for those who only want to sit in their basements coding. Want to make money from software? Charge for it.

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Re:Let’s talk about open-source sustainability by dvdkon on Friday January 18, 2019 @01:44AM (#18937488)

I think the vast majority of people who want to make money building software don't start off by finishing a product and then trying to sell it. A much more common scenario is building software for someone from the start (or building a service, but let's focus on "pure software" for now). In that case the developers are paid for time spent, not copies licenced, so using a FLOSS licence isn't a roadblock for making money.

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Re:Let’s talk about open-source sustainability by CamouflagedKiwi on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:14AM (#18937794)

If you're building software for someone & being paid your time for it, you typically don't get to license it & release it as open source.

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