making money from open source

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>>60849273
Embed it in a cryptocoin.

>>60849273
Create some ransomware that targets your users

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>>60849273
If it really is for the public good and it isn't some spaghetti autism you wrote in your mum's basement, I'm sure you can get paid to further develop it or maintain it.

>>60849273
Add a link to your Patreon page.

>>60849273
>some spaghetti autism you wrote in your mum's basement,

It was literally this, except I live upstairs.

>>60849273
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html

> Actually, we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can. If a license does not permit users to make copies and sell them, it is a nonfree license. If this seems surprising to you, please read on.

> The word “free” has two legitimate general meanings; it can refer either to freedom or to price. When we speak of “free software”, we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of “free speech”, not “free beer”.) Specifically, it means that a user is free to run the program, study and change the program, and redistribute the program with or without changes.

> Free programs are sometimes distributed gratis, and sometimes for a substantial price. Often the same program is available in both ways from different places. The program is free regardless of the price, because users have freedom in using it.

If you want to make money on open source software, you either have to make it by commission (get paid, then make software), or use it to sell some sort of service. The government won't just hand you money for your software just because you asked for it. Also, you can't sell licenses, because someone can just redistribute your software for free.

>>60849273
You could license it for non-commercial use only, and enterprises would have to pay you to use it commercially.