On the other hand, once it gets used and depended upon by several companies, you could have them in your hands. Screw them over, break their shit. Or… start charging? Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

I tried to get paid consulting from it but never got a penny. But you're right, if I were more aggressive it could have worked as supplemental income.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use

Actually, that would make it non-free (a.k.a source-available) software by FSF's definition. You can do something like Qt (copyleft license for free, permissive license for a fee), but this doesn't really work for a lot of software.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

Eh, that's a lot of work. It's no wonder why there's such a large "Malware as a Service" industry nowadays