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It's so nice to see them all growing, but this is just the truth, sorry. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 61 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Might be a hot take but it's also justified to try and make money from software development that is not prefatory

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  • [+] -19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's not illegal to make business with open source software

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    It's not illegal, but it's not profitable.

    Companies aren't making squat from happy fans donating a token amount to show support of the software. Everything adjacent to the open source software is profitable (enterprise sales, support contracts, hardware, corporate sponsors/funding, and so forth), but you're going to have a really hard time selling something to consumers when they can just as easily get it for free.

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