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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by chii on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:17PM (#25042235)
> Libraries generally aren't a product

That's not true - look at the games industry, the vfx/cinematic rendering industry and all that ; their middleware libraries are all paid products.

Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by kls on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:59AM (#25044986)
You are correct but so is the parent of your post, the key term they used is "generally" and I would say that is a correct observation. General problem libraries tend to not sell. There are specialty markets where one can make money from licencing libraries or frameworks as you highlighted game/cinematic there is also some areas in medical and legal but for the most part if one is building a general purpose library or one that appeals to a broad market, they tend to not be commercially viable. Those that provide specific solutions for a vertical tend to have more success in commercial licencing.