On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:02:51 PM UTC-4, Isaac Schlueter wrote:
>
> I've often thought it would be worthwhile to have some kind of "free 
> once I make some money" license.  Like, if you're a not-for-profit 
> entity, you can use this code under BSD today.  If you are a 
> for-profit enterprise, you can use this code freely for profit as long 
> as you pay me $100.  Once I've made $100,000 from this code, it'll be 
> released for all under the BSD license. 
>

Exactly!



On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 10:38:15 AM UTC-4, Tim Caswell wrote:
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> But I like to experiment and do my own thing, so my latest strategy is to 
> become an open source mercenary.  I'll spend all day writing open source 
> projects that interest me, but allow people to sponsor various projects 
> that they want me to focus time on.  This month I'm working full-time on 
> the js-git project because my kickstarter for it was wildly successful.
>

 This is pretty much the same conclusion I came to, as well, after the 
other replies above. I guess, at the end of the day, there're all kinds of 
ways to make money off-the-beaten-path, it's just a matter of having the 
ingenuity to figure out one that works.

 

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