01269nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245004000055210004000095260004200135520091500177100001901092856003601111       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aEconomic Free Software Perspectives0 aEconomic Free Software Perspectives  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/20093 a"How do you make money with free software?" was a very common question just a few years ago. Today, that question has evolved into "What are successful business strategies that can be implemented on top of free software?" To properly answer this question, it is important to distinguish between the legal, procedural and business model aspects of free/libre and open source software, and how those aspects interact. For example, the licensing aspect influences the development strategy, the kind of development community that can be created around a project, and the potential business models that can provide a monetization strategy for a company that is interested in adopting an open source project as part of the internal company strategy.

This article provides the most recent results from the FLOSSMETRICS project and its recent survey of the business model of more than 200 open source companies. 
 1 aDaffara, Carlo  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/277