I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but my opinion on how to make money off open source is mostly, “you don’t”
Companies release and contribute to open source because the open sourced code isn’t their primary business and there is more value in having outsiders contribute than the competitive advantage of forcing competitors to create their own version of whatever the open source code does. This works fine without making money.
Individuals work on open source because they want to participate in the community and might want improvements. This works fine without making money.
Yes, we would lose companies that are created solely to develop and release open source software, but I am kind of ok with that.
Companies release and contribute to open source because the open sourced code isn’t their primary business and there is more value in having outsiders contribute than the competitive advantage of forcing competitors to create their own version of whatever the open source code does. This works fine without making money.
Individuals work on open source because they want to participate in the community and might want improvements. This works fine without making money.
Yes, we would lose companies that are created solely to develop and release open source software, but I am kind of ok with that.