Comment by fzaninotto

Many open-source developers just want to code and get paid. But do they pay open-source developers to do the same? Or do they pay companies to sell them a product or service? In that case, they should build a product or service, not a tool or a library.

I have written and maintained dozens of open-source project [1], but I have only managed to make one sustainable open-source project [2]. It's also the only project for which I did all the things necessary to build a business (documentation, payment, invoicing, marketing, content, support, design, product management, tax fillings, legal, finance, etc).

I encourage everyone to open-source their code. But if you want to make a living out of it, you must also be an entrepreneur.

[1]: https://github.com/fzaninotto [2]: https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/11/13/open-source-profit-2.ht...