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[-] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Free software as in freedom of speech, not necessarily as in free beer. Maintainers also need to pay the bills.

[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've always been curious how people who give away software for a living make that living. I have a few OSS projects but I make my living other ways, those OSS projects are hobbies and my living takes precedence every time because I like to eat food and buy things.

Like they can sell support, but I have never paid for a solution. They can sell packaged solutions, but I can compile it myself. They can survive on donations but, while I have donated to a lot of FOSS projects, I imagine most people don't donate.

[-] Outsider9042@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of good FOSS projects start off as a company’s internal tooling, which they release to the public. The main source of income is sometimes an entirely different product/service.

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