How can we establish sustainable open source business models?
We are not asking for profit maximization but rather for strategies to cover the costs of open source projects in the long term.
Are there already successful examples? Is open source a contradiction to current capitalism or do we only need a few small ingredients to finance open source projects in the long term and sufficiently? How can projects be independent of donations or how can a long-term donation strategy take place without begging and bureaucratic requests?
- 2023-06-07: Open Source Business Challenges and Reality (HN discussion)
- 2023-03-11: Revisiting Open Source Business Models (Talk on Youtube)
- 2021-12-22: The Asymmetry of Open Source (HN discussion)
- 2020-01-30: How to Build Sustainable Open Source Software Projects
- 2016-09: UNICEF: Open Source Business Model (PDF)
- 2010-03-31: Open-Core: The Emperor’s New Clothes