Comments on: Licencing http://www.macrobug.com/blog/2007/08/21/licencing/ Macrobug Blog Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:22:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karl Fogel http://www.macrobug.com/blog/2007/08/21/licencing/comment-page-1/#comment-8028 Karl Fogel Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:40:24 +0000 http://www.macrobug.com/blog/2007/08/21/licencing/#comment-8028 I'm not sure where the boundary between "producing" open source software and "maintaining" open source software lies, but I've made a living for the last eight years working on open source software exclusively (and for another year back in the 1990s, maintaining and selling support for CVS, so almost a decade all told). I know many other people who also make their living from open source software. And one of the programs I worked on was written from scratch (with many people, most of whom were volunteers, not salaried), so I guess that counts as "producing" the software. That's not to say that a particular business model will work in your particular situation, of course; I don't know the details of how Macrobug development nor financing work. Just offering a data point. Best, -Karl I’m not sure where the boundary between “producing” open source software and “maintaining” open source software lies, but I’ve made a living for the last eight years working on open source software exclusively (and for another year back in the 1990s, maintaining and selling support for CVS, so almost a decade all told). I know many other people who also make their living from open source software. And one of the programs I worked on was written from scratch (with many people, most of whom were volunteers, not salaried), so I guess that counts as “producing” the software.

That’s not to say that a particular business model will work in your particular situation, of course; I don’t know the details of how Macrobug development nor financing work. Just offering a data point.

Best,
-Karl

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