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Re:Entrepreneurship for Engineers: Selling Open Source Software by tcmart14 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:34PM (#37139559)
There are different variations of a similar idea. The implementation suggested here though, isn't my favorite since a modification in the license shouldn't really be necessary. And, lost of FOSS projects out there can't just simply relicense. So far, the best implementation I've seen is specific to Elementary OS in their distro software center. You can donate to projects directly via the store.
Re:Entrepreneurship for Engineers: Selling Open Source Software by kjok on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:11PM (#37139939)
I truly believe that open-source developers can gain financial independence by selling supply-chain security. Disclaimer: I'm exploring this idea.
Re:Entrepreneurship for Engineers: Selling Open Source Software by tcmart14 on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:03AM (#37148175)
This sounds really interesting. If you ever get a chance to sit down and do a write up as to what you discover, I would love to read it.
Re:Entrepreneurship for Engineers: Selling Open Source Software by all2 on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @12:24PM (#37149451)
Can you expand on this? This sounds fascinating to me.
Re:Entrepreneurship for Engineers: Selling Open Source Software by kjok on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @04:30PM (#37153346)
Sure. The plan is to provide security assurance to the consumers on software contents, packaging, governance, etc..