Open Source Questions

Is it a good idea to offer a less featured version of your software as open source as a marketing strategy? It obviously has worked well for companies like MySQL and wondering if it could work for...

Marketing Software Strategy Open Source Tactics

asked Sep 9 '14 at 15:42

Glenda Gregory
12 points

We are a new development consulting shop and figuring out how to get new clients. There is a lot of blog posts and talk about contributing to open source and it attracts potential clients.Has...

Consulting Open Source Sourcing Clients

asked Jun 1 '14 at 15:25

Bette Miller
14 points

I'm trying to figure out how to monetize my open source contributions on GitHub.Does anyone have any experience with selling branded shwag to people who use your repo?What other ways can I make...

Monetization Revenue Open Source

asked Mar 2 '14 at 13:35

Brian Daniels
45 points

I have a script that I have developed that I had a need for but nothing was available. Is it possible to make money from an open source product? How can I monetize it and why would people pay me...

Open Source

asked Feb 8 '14 at 16:39

Cao Tuyết Thanh
11 points

I'm fifteen, and I just created a product. I've got the code done, but I have no experience with the actually marketing a product. So, how can I, as a teenager with no money, promote my project....

Getting Started Marketing Solo Entrepreneur Open Source Publishing

asked Dec 4 '13 at 13:32

Dylan Katz
10 points

I have read that for open source software developers, 3 common ways to make money are hosting, consulting, and support. I understand support and consulting but what is hosting? When I read...

Open Source Hosting

asked Oct 14 '13 at 03:25

Victor
137 points

I am working on an innovative product that uses a GNU GPL licensed library and per GPL needs open-source my work as well. Could that protect me from patent litigation? I am worried since my former...

Patent Intellectual Property Open Source Software Licensing

asked Sep 2 '13 at 12:52

Gupshup
52 points

Can I create open source out of an idea I voiced at my current employer after I quit? I've had this idea which would make the work my company does, and its competitors, more efficient. I voiced...

Legal Intellectual Property Open Source

asked Jul 17 '13 at 10:45

Btd
11 points

An open source project I designed & developed as my thesis in grad school has been continuing development through a non profit organization that hired me full time. Throughout my work there,...

Getting Started Legal Open Source

asked Jul 4 '13 at 01:54

Kim Prisin
16 points

I'd like to ask you for the help/advise to come out of the problem that came out recently in our group. We're working for 3-4 months on the web application similar to http://instagram.com/ or...

Strategy Community Open Source Micro Startup Relationships

asked May 10 '13 at 22:06

Igor
111 points

I am basically involved in wordpress site development but a self starter for rails. I want to transform my idea into a rail app and I am contributing it on git(at a very initial level this time),...

Getting Started Software Development Partnership Open Source

asked Feb 24 '13 at 21:24

Swapnesh
113 points

In the words of Scott Burnham, in 14 ways to get hacked, rule number 7. 'Release your work half done', I have a project that requires the 'iron to be struck whilst its hot' so to speak, but I don't...

Open Source

asked Jan 26 '13 at 23:03

Andrew Welch
167 points

I am the technical founder of a 4-years-old startup. After two rounds of funding with small European VCs, some very good customers (government agencies, big retail customer, ...), a unique product...

Open Source Fundraising Crowdfunding

asked Dec 13 '12 at 07:34

Math
111 points

Are there any well-known cases of open source piracy? By that I mean cases where a developer releases their project with an open source license and someone else takes their product and markets it...

Open Source

asked Nov 17 '12 at 06:02

Ted.Strauss
123 points

I'm developing a fairly large web-application with a public-facing JSON REST API, mobile apps for every platform (using AngularJS with Apache Cordova) and specialised e-commerce configurable by...

License Recommendations Legal Community Open Source

asked Oct 22 '12 at 19:03

Stackoverflowuser95
6 points

Most startups and quick-risers promoted publicly are building intellectual property on top of open source software stacks. Aside from avoiding upfront investments towards license, is there any...

Open Source Valuation

asked Oct 5 '12 at 03:49

Ronaldwidha
106 points

The possible advantages of using something like Drupal is a dev time-saver. But if we were to develop a minimum viable product / proof of concept / prototype using Drupal, other developers could...

Copyright Open Source

asked Oct 16 '12 at 23:51

Gyrostu
6 points

Ok. I have started to port an open source project from Linux to Windows. My doubt is, can i sell it for money after porting to windows? is it ethical?

Open Source

asked Aug 16 '12 at 01:43

Ss Hegde
60 points

as software developer, i can't understand how does software's like SMPlayer or VLC or UMPlayer do there revenue , they all open-source they all downloaded Millions of times they all professional...

Revenue Open Source

asked Jul 22 '12 at 21:40

Meir
238 points

I have developed a library that I would like to license to customers in the traditional way: users are paying for a license for a closed source library which allows them to use the library for a...

Business Model Open Source Software Licensing

asked Jun 10 '12 at 18:15

Mark
1 point