Open source itself is not a business model, but it can be an important strategy to help a company reach its goals. Types of business modelsĪ business model describes how a company operates and achieves its goals. It is also an excellent example to show how open source licensing and related strategies really are just tools in the design of a business model and not philosophies.
As such, it is of high economic relevance. This model has long dominated venture capital funding for open source software firms, contributing to the long-term sustainability of open source.
This article present a particular business model for commercial open source firms, called the single-vendor open source model. Dirk Riehle, edited version was published in Computer magazine, April 2020 Abstract
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