Advice for starting a new project?

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Alex Beamish wrote:

> For 2), you can either make your code proprietary and sell just the binary,
> or you can make it open source, and sell configuration, development and
> support services. Keep in mind that even if you release something as FOSS,
> you can also retain the copyright.

Or you could "dual licence" and do both.  IANAL but this seems more 
complicated from a legal perspective.  I'd get a lawyer before doing this 
but it is an option.  MySQL and other companies have been using this 
approach successfully for years.

> And the advantage of going open source is that other developers might be
> interested in developing and supporting your code. That spreads the load,
> and means a higher profile and more market coverage for your package.

Exactly.  There are so many commercially successful OSS projects that I 
hope no one disputes the viability of this approach anymore.

Cheers,

Rob

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