Here are some viable software business models, specifically around making money while open sourcing code.
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1. Open source everything, give it out totally free to use, and charge for adding/prioritizing new features or support.
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2. Give it away free and open source, but say if you meet X criteria you can't use it unless you pay.
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Replying to @sehurlburt
You might give it away for free to some, but this is not open source anymore. See 5. and 6. of the OSD: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
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Replying to @oe1cxw @sehurlburt
Depends on how you define "some". For example "those who are content with the terms of the GPL"...
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Replying to @RichFelker @sehurlburt
Sure, but selling FOSS to those in violation of the GPL doesn't sound like a tremendous business model to me.. :)
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And all the examples I can think up that make sense as business model (commercial users, military users, non-academic, etc) violate the OSD.
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Its not about compliance with the OSD, but about surviving as a commercial entity with a business model that allows code based cooperation.
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You are refuting an argument that I didn't make. All I said is that you can't call it open source unless you comply with the OSD.
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And my point you replied to was that you *can* adhere to OSD while effectively selecting a large audience who feels they need to pay to use.
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Replying to @RichFelker @oe1cxw and
Because of both culture and "need' to use other third party libraries they can't GPL.
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