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For developers and Startup Founders, what software licenses would you prefer to use instead of open source options, if you had unlimited funding?

With unlimited funding... I’d still prefer to build my company on open source licensed components. It’s not about the price (heck, I’d use my unlimited funding to support the projects my company benefited from)—it’s about the freedom to understand exactly how everything works, fix stuff that doesn’t, and benefit from the community of others solving the same kinds of problems.

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5:35 pm / 22nd July 2013 / startups, quora, open-source

What is a good business model for open source projects?

Consulting.

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10:08 am / 16th January 2011 / opensource, programminglanguages, startups, quora, open-source

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