Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software?

Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software? by nprateem on Saturday May 07, 2022 @04:30AM (#31293012)

I've got an idea I think you've missed. It's potentially a game changer for OSS developers and the industry. The question is whether there's any demand.

OSS developers: do you want to get paid for the work you've done (i.e. with no requirement to fix bugs or add new features)?

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Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software? by paydevs on Saturday May 07, 2022 @04:44AM (#31293053)

There is not "one" community of OSS developers who either all want money or not. Some devs want to monetize / get something back and maybe work full-time on their OSS projects and others are totally against monetizing OSS.

From a current survey it looks like 41% of OSS developers want to monetize and 33% would like to work full-time [https://dev.to/joergrech/state-of-oss-monetization-2022-surv...]

So if you have a better approach to monetize OSS go for it.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Monetize Open-Source Software? by nprateem on Saturday May 07, 2022 @05:40AM (#31293243)

That's very helpful, thanks

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