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		imarkphillips 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you monetize personal code if it's ... Starting a business selling software is actually a big job. Even giving code away with OpenSource licensing brings liability risks. You'll need to find a business model that pays enough to keep your product going. Maybe you need a suite of micro tools, sold as a single package, that can earn enough to pay for the business costs.

Tabular-Iceberg 10 months ago | [–]

Have there been court cases where developers have been held liable for faults in FOSS code despite the language of the licenses?

worthless-trash 10 months ago | [–]

What liability risk does opensource licencing have ?

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