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Selling Your Milk When the Cow is Free
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- Using open source is one thing, but can your idea succeed if you give your own work away? Scrappy entrepreneurs will discuss that question, share their own experiences with open source business models, and offer advice to others considering open source licenses.
- Questions
Answered: -
- What does open sourcing my work mean?
- How can I make money if what I make is free?
- What are the odds -- how many manage to do this and succeed?
- Can I get other people to build my product for me?
- What business models *can't* work if I open source my work?
- Is it possible to get investors if I don't keep my project under lock and key?
- Can I go halfway?
- But wait -- WHICH open source license?
- Will Richard Stallman haunt my dreams?
- How can I deal with competitors that clone my work -- legally?
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Economic Concerns, Funding / VC, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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