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What methods of making money from code do you support?   [Edit]

Survey period: 8 Aug 2011 to 15 Aug 2011

The term "free" is often ambiguous. Paying the rent can be helpful, so what methods suit your sense of style?

OptionVotes% 
Selling the full rights to the code to someone else32642.17
Selling licenses to use the code42254.59
Dual license ("Free for personal use" + commercial license)33042.69
Shareware20526.52
Donationware19925.74
In-app ads11114.36
Give the code away but charge for support and/or services24932.21
Give the code away but charge for essential data (eg maps)12215.78
Give the code away but charge for necessary hardware (eg dongles)749.57
I will never charge, directly or indirectly, for my code678.67
Other405.17
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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GeneralRe: Nothing in life is free Pin
Ravi Bhavnani11-Aug-11 16:40
professionalRavi Bhavnani11-Aug-11 16:40 
GeneralRe: Nothing in life is free Pin
wizardzz14-Aug-11 7:02
wizardzz14-Aug-11 7:02 
GeneralSupport for free Pin
Mico Perez7-Aug-11 21:24
Mico Perez7-Aug-11 21:24 
GeneralTANSTAAFL PinPopular
Gregory Gadow8-Aug-11 3:20
Gregory Gadow8-Aug-11 3:20 
GeneralRe: TANSTAAFL Pin
Mico Perez8-Aug-11 3:21
Mico Perez8-Aug-11 3:21 
GeneralAll of the above Pin
Michael Bergman7-Aug-11 20:20
Michael Bergman7-Aug-11 20:20 
GeneralRe: All of the above Pin
_Zorro_7-Aug-11 22:23
professional_Zorro_7-Aug-11 22:23 
GeneralRe: All of the above Pin
Rob Grainger7-Aug-11 22:49
Rob Grainger7-Aug-11 22:49 
I concur, I believe the developers (and funders) of code should have the right to determine the license under which it is released.

The Open Source movement can do the community some disfavour when they get too restrictive on this - I prefer most other licenses to GPL (although LGPL has some improvements). But I guess its the developer's choice - if you can't live with the restrictions, use some other software.
GeneralCode vs Software Pin
Dan Colasanti7-Aug-11 20:06
professionalDan Colasanti7-Aug-11 20:06 
GeneralRe: Code vs Software Pin
Sean old school game guy8-Aug-11 11:37
Sean old school game guy8-Aug-11 11:37 
GeneralRe: Code vs Software Pin
Gregory Henry8-Aug-11 21:32
Gregory Henry8-Aug-11 21:32 

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