Software for which the source code is published publicly and which can be changed by users.
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Web-based Business Built on Open Source and Questions about Funding Options
it's my first post here so be gentle :)
First, I've read a few similar posts to the one I'm writing but I wasn't able to find an answer that fit the same mold.
Project Details:
I have been involved ...
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Is it OK to begin with OSS licensed code and then since the business plan has some uniqueness rewrite it later?
My company now a sole-proprieter at this point is for many years coming up with a business plan and modifying it. All along developers tried to do and complete the project but they could not handle ...
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Any good guides on starting out as consultant?
Okay, so my reason for wanting to become a consultant is so it's easier for communication between my clients and future clients. Right now, I've sold myself as a 3 employee start up company, but ...
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turning open source software into a consulting business?
just some general and specific questions about running a business which uses open source software and sells training, services, and other value added solutions utilizing the open source asset(s) ...
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Getting people involved in product design and development
I still don't get the behavior or motivation behind people developing pieces for your game(software) for free...
why would anybody do that?
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Making money out of a free and open-source application
I've been working on a free and open-source wiki application since 2006 (that's 4 years!), and now my startup has taken over the development. Well, at least "officially".
We make several thousands ...
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What does it mean to “open the platform”
Sorry for asking such a simple question, but what does it mean to opensource a platform?
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Sponsorship of an open source project, how much to charge?
I have a reasonably successful open-source project ( www.mediabrowser.tv ). The website is seeing over 50K unique visitors a month.
I would like to monetize some of this traffic by offering a ...
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Is opensourcing your product a good strategy?
Many companies going to the opensource route these days. Jetbrains is one example of a company that opensourced their well reknown IntelliJ IDEA after been commercializing it. Some company has started ...
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Can you modify code under the MIT Open Source licence?
I'm considering building an community over Pinax. The out-of-the-box functionality covers maybe 60% of what we need to do. We're more than happy to debug and support the base code set but need to keep ...
