Questions tagged [monetization]
For questions about generating revenue from an open project
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When is open sourcing a threat to business?
As I understand the answer to the question How can free and open source projects be monetized?, the only time open sourcing is not a threat to business is when you dominate the market. Is that correct?...
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Why aren't open-core model easier and cheaper paths for competitors to enter the market?
From When is open sourcing a threat to business?:
The short answer to "when is open sourcing a threat to business" is that it is a threat when it allows competitors an easier and cheaper ...
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Can others monetize my project with GPLv3?
I currently have a web game under the GNU General Public License v3.0 open sourced on GitHub. Recently I found out that someone else had forked the repository and is setting up AdSense on their ...
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How can free and open source projects be monetized?
Many open source projects I see involve having dedicated servers, as well as the expensive infrastructure that powers it. Many employ developers to work on the software full or part time.
What are ...
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Monetizing and licensing with AGPL libraries
I am just curious about, what license should i use for app(android), i have written in my free time. I am using some libraries, which have this licenses on it:
Apache 2.0 license
MIT license
GNU ...
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How to respect user freedom when selling consumer software without services?
By "consumer software", I mean stand-alone software that an end-user would directly download and use on a desktop or phone. No business or corporation involved. I have read these questions ...
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Is making a living by working only on FLOSS projects a viable option?
I am currently an apprentice software developer at a small company where we develop a piece of proprietary software. I have no major gripes with this (especially not at this point yet), but would ...
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What does Google have in return from developing Angular?
The other day I was thinking about Angular when the question arised:
What does Google have in return from developing Angular? The same principle applies of course not only for Google, but jQuery, ...
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Examples of companies undercutting smaller companies using FOSS? [closed]
When speaking to my friends about FOSS, a common concern comes up that if they release their code under a free and open source license, this might encourage companies to 'steal' their hard work ...
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Does a non-commercial license like CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 preclude a work to be sold for money?
If a work is published under, e.g. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, does this mean the work or one of its (appropriately licensed) derivatives can never be sold in a physical medium, even if the price asked for it:
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Sell app, but make source available for the curious [duplicate]
I'm working on a desktop app. It's a passion project today, but I'm hoping it'll be part of my path to becoming a full time indie dev.
In my development process, I've benefited a lot from looking at ...
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Can I publish a GPL source I'm being paid for to develop?
For a popular program licensed under GPL3, a system of plugins exists. The program and the plugins are closely interoperable and exchange large structures of data, so the plugins will necessarily be ...
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Releasing the source code of a premium feature for another open program
If I use a compiled program/non compiled source code which is under a license that everyone has the rights do use and sell (Eg: GPL) and no one can deny any person to use or sell it and then I want to ...
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Can I charge expenses for a work under CC BY-NC-SA?
I have a 3d printer that I use to print some models. There is a model I like that is licensed in Creative Commons under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
I am not sure what "...
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Pacifist copyleft-like partially-open-source license [closed]
I'd like a license restricting use to non-military projects, but otherwise just like the GNU GPL. (There is obviously no point in making a permissive license like that, because editing a comment is ...
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How could I include my business partners / investors in the open source product development?
In my company we are developing a large open source piece of software. To do this we have hired many developers. To pay these developers we have gotten business partners and investors to help cover ...
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Open-source license that should aware if I want monetize my project
I'm creating a website. Some of functionaly is using open-source libraries from npm, github, etc.
I want to monetize my sites using ads, or even I want to create some sites template and sell to ...
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Can I sell GPLv3 licensed code that has external contributors? [duplicate]
I wrote some software from scratch, with a GPLv3 license which I am the holder. The software is free.
I then have some external contributors creating pull requests, and I merge them (via Github, if ...
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How I can monetize GNU GPL product developed (and currently updating) by me?
I am a developer of Open Source product under GNU GPL license. I always looking for some time and power to make important changes in it (fix bugs and add more improvements), however, it becomes harder ...
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Provide customers an AGPL alternative
I'm just starting an open source project. This question is not related to an existing project, but I want to avoid some mistakes.
I found that AGPL 3.0 could fit to my concept (copyleft, SaaSS safety,...
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How to prevent users to jump to "premium" plan in a web-app
I want to know how can I prevent users to download the code from Git Hub for example, search in the code for a premium variable or something similar and change it to true, rebuild the project and boom,...
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Creative Commons license CC BY-SA doesn't work for commercial content?
I'm puzzled by the "share-alike" clause in Creative Commons license. This license allows free commercial use but "require[s] [] adaptations of the work to be released under the same or similar license ...
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Possibility of non-commercial ‘open-source’ and attribution based licence
I am currently planning to launch an alpha version of the software as a representative of an unregistered company. We (currently I'm the only person on the team) do not have any patents and are not ...
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Delay when downloading with SourceForge and many other sites
When I am downloading a file with SourceForge, and also from many other sites, I'm getting a count down and I am wondering what is the reason?
I'm not talking about storage sites like rapidgator, etc ...
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Can an open source/free alternative put a company at risk? Has this ever happened?
There is a very nice quote by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa (Spanish writer and inventor) which reads:
"El éxito o el fracaso de un invento no depende de a quien beneficia,
sino de a quien perjudica."
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How Can One Convert BSD Licensed Software into Protected, Monetizable Software (That's Still Open Source)?
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Suppose BusinessCorp finds SoftwareProductA online. SoftwareProductA is made under a BSD License. Now BusinessCorp wants to monetize SofwareProductA, so it makes non-trivial adjustments to ...
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How do open source developers earn money? [duplicate]
I am wondering what the different revenue sources for open source projects developers are.
More precisely, can one live by working only on one or more open source projects?
Edit : For those ...
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How could the open source business model work with games?
The question "How can a large open source project be monetized?" already addresses many ways to make money with open source development. However, in the context of game development, most of these ...
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Licensing for niche software (single customer) to ensure continued funding
Working on software with no official license and one large customer. It's currently managed in a public git repo. Want to ensure continued funding to maintain and enhance the software. There are ...
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Free like free to do what I know and like best - write software? [closed]
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Since this question is behind each second question concerning 'free software', please don't vote to close it. I don't want to discuss it with philosophers or economists or ask it on Yahoo. I ...
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How to build a business around an open source project? [duplicate]
I am working on a web app that is currently open source (MIT) and I would like to keep it that way. To date it's been a hobby thing but I'd like to be able to spend more time on it (I have a 1 year ...
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Can I edit and sell Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) licenced projects?
I downloaded a project that has Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL), can I edit the source code and sell it to customers?
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Is OSS with CC-NC-licensed assets effectively impossible for the creator to sell traditionally?
Given a game where:
Source code is licensed under a free (libre) open source license, e.g. GPL, MIT, etc.
Assets such as images and music are licensed under Creative Commons Non-Commercial.
Is it ...
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What is the status of in-app-purchasing code in a GPLv2 app? [generic app store]
I wish to develop a computer game and the engine I have chosen is ioquake3. This engine is licensed under GPLv2. Needless to say the game's source code will itself will, in turn, be licensed under ...
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Can I make money from a "piece" of open source software?
Say an android app is hosted on Github, it has beautiful UI elements that I introduced within copied into an app of my own. Now I am getting requests from users/customers to show them how to implement ...
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How can I protect my advanced version based on my open source project?
I have developed an open source project, and people can get the community version from Github. But I also want some customers to buy an advanced version based on the open source project, the advanced ...
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Can a social network site be open source?
I have a project that a small social network site (which is here). I am actively developing this project and I am planning it to be open source. But I am confused about licensing it. In the future, if ...
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Is there services helping to fund a project selling merch? [closed]
We're trying to raise some fund for our Open Source project.
There's a lot of companies out there selling t-shirts and stickers with Open Source projects, but they don't give a share of the profits ...
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Can I sell my MIT-licensed software if it is modified by others?
Suppose I create some software from scratch. I sell the software, but I also keep it open source under the MIT License. Someone forks my repository and makes some great improvements to my software. ...
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Move from MIT license to a new one
I want to move from MIT license to a new one, with this goals to reach:
Leave the project free to use for individuals and small open source companies
Let commercial companies pay some money for using ...
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How can I get benefits priority out of my open source code? [closed]
I have a project that I want to publish as an open source project, but as the creator I would like to get a head-start in taking advantage of my work for monetary gain.
Can I prevent people ...
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Can paid-for Open Sourcing be a viable model for a freelancer?
Open sourcing doesn't necessarily mean that you give away your source code for free.
I am wondering about the business model where your code is made public, free for personal/hobby use, but with a ...
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How can a profitable business selling open source robotics parts be run if anyone can produce their own?
If open source robotics parts can be manufactured and sold by anyone, is it realistic to make a profit from selling them, or are they only sold at cost price with some other business model for making ...
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Can I be charged for support from the original developers when I fork a project?
During development of ParrotBot, I've ran into many issues in terms of debugging, design and integration. In the chat room, I've received lots of support that has helped me greatly, so that I could ...
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Could I charge people to use an open source license?
Suppose I invented a great open source license. I decided I wanted to gain money from it!
my question:
Is there any way I could charge people for using it?
If yes, how?
If no, why not, and what ...
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Legal pitfalls when (re)selling OS solutions?
What legal pitfalls should be considered when (re)selling OS bases solutions?
As you can't ask any fee for the Open Source code itself this seems a sensitive area to me.
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Does a seeming lack of strong protection for IP discourage innovation?
The Patent system works on the premise that the community benefits from the information shared, and rewards the innovators by granting them a period to capitalize on it without others grabbing a free ...
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How can I make a customer understand that free software involves some costs? [closed]
A common misunderstanding is that free software (replace the terms with "open source software" as you wish) will never involve costs. While this might be indeed true regarding you don't need to pay ...
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