On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Satya Prakash Prasad < satyaprakash.pra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes the software would be free but I have some confusion here. How do > people working in FOSS technology make some earning out of it. I mean I am > ready to dedicate my full time into it - but I need some fund as I would > space / resource and hardwares. > Save some from the earnings you are making now like any other business. > So where does money related to all this activities / expenses comes from - > where does the monthly working capital comes in? > you may or may not get upfront Capital like for other businesses since its service oriented kind of business , so its like this you can write free software and ask for donations or charge users for supporting your product .You can write custom software and charge for the services you rendered etc.. these are some of the ways people make a living out here . If it looks like too much of risks the easy path i advice is take a day job in Foss technologies , the end product may or may not be Foss so it all depends on what you need and the company can offer. > Is it just the credibility that the team gets for developing FOSS > technology - let us pick one example - Python - they have a huge portal / > resource and their software is free to develop apps - in case I start > working voluntary (to fix bugs / support) for Python team - what would I > get in return - this just for the concern that if I leave my job and > dedicate my work for FOSS development the basic question of survival is > defending me to do so? > these are too many forks of the same question, there is no straight answer to it :P , you need to hangout a bit longer here and thousands of groups and mailing lists from around the world . See how things pan out for you , btw you also need to start to learn about http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines cheers -Satya Satyaakam.net <http://satyaakam.net/> | fossevents.in | _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
