Drew DeVault 11/20/2020

A few ways to make money in FOSS

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This article provides advice from a full-time FOSS developer on how to earn money in open source. It outlines two main paths: getting employed by companies to work on existing FOSS projects and monetizing your own open-source work. It includes practical tips like analyzing commit histories to find hiring companies and warns against the pitfalls of venture capital for sustainable FOSS businesses.

A few ways to make money in FOSS

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