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We are facing a lot of open source software.
But someone needs to write that software. How are they payed?
Do you know a good article about the open source politics and economy?
Sometimes the big companies themselves release open source because they have some benefits. Then they sell support, advices ...
My question is what is the real economy about open software? No professional will work for nothing. This software are couple of classes but thousand or may be millions of classes. If you are really a pro you will write software for money, because you have life, wife, kids, taxes, you must earn. Please do not tell me that they are doing this for pleasure or hobby!
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Paid extra features or functionalities Some companies make money with open source in this way: they distribute their software for free, but charge money for additional features, functionalities, or updates.
Ultimately, open source sustains itself through contributions from people all over the world, and that's bigger than any one company or location.
Yes, as a developer you can make money with open source. When we talk about Open Source Software we are used to referring to free tools, libraries, or products, maintained by generous developers or companies around the world, which code is publicly available on some repository.
Donations, Investments, and Sponsorships Donors, investors, and corporate sponsors are some of the most common forms of funding for open source projects. Software groups like Free Software Foundation, Software for the Public Interest, Software Freedom Conservancy, and Apache Foundation are funded by these means..
On Stack Overflow, we get a lot of good quality answers (and questions).
But somebody needs to write the answers. How are they paid? Surely no professional would spend time hanging out here and answering questions for nothing.
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This, of course, is not how it works: people get pleasure from contributing to something, from testing and extending their knowledge, from being part of a community. Thus they write for SO in their spare time, and enjoy doing so.
Free software is no different.
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