{"id":31149,"date":"2025-09-16T12:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/articles\/\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:24:21","slug":"morrolinux-the-economics-of-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/zh-hant\/blog\/2025\/09\/16\/morrolinux-the-economics-of-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrolinux: The Economics of Open Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from SNS and Global Market Insights, the open source market is currently valued at $30 billion and is projected to reach $120 billion within the next decade. But how can such a massive market exist around software that is, by definition, free to use and redistribute? Let\u2019s break it down, starting from individual developers.<\/p>\n<h2>From Developer to Donor-Funded<\/h2>\n<p>Many open source maintainers sustain their work through donations or consulting. Take Evan You, creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/Vue.js\">Vue.js<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vitejs.dev\/\">Vite<\/a>: since 2016, he\u2019s funded his development work through platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sponsors\/yyx990803\">GitHub Sponsors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/evanyou\">Patreon<\/a>. At one point, donations reached over $15,000\/month, largely thanks to support from corporate sponsors like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/\">Y Combinator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is Daniel Stenberg, the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/curl.se\/\">cURL<\/a>, one of the most popular tools for web downloads. Daniel funds his work by offering consulting services to companies that rely on cURL, making his expertise and the project sustainable.<\/p>\n<h2>From Side Hustle to Startup<\/h2>\n<p>Open source developers often go one step further, forming companies. Evan You went on to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/voidzero.dev\/\">VoidZero<\/a>, a startup that raised $4.6 million in seed funding and now maintains popular frontend tools like Vite and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/oxc-project\/oxc\">OXC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The KDE ecosystem saw a similar move with <a href=\"https:\/\/techpaladinsoftware.com\/\">TechPaladin<\/a>, co-founded by KDE and Plasma contributors. Their clients include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/\">Valve<\/a>, which uses KDE in Steam Deck\u2019s desktop mode.<\/p>\n<p>The maintainers of game engine Godot created W4 Games to provide consulting services built around the engine\u2019s growing community.<\/p>\n<h3>Strength in Foundations and Community Funding<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/foundation\/\">Blender Foundation<\/a> combines donations from 7,000+ individuals and 35+ companies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/\">NVIDIA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/\">AMD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/about.facebook.com\/\">Meta<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmw.com\/\">BMW<\/a>. This brings in over \u20ac200,000 per month to fund full-time developers.<\/p>\n<p>Blender also supports a commercial ecosystem. <a href=\"https:\/\/blendermarket.com\/\">Blender Market<\/a> provides a platform for artists and developers to sell assets and plugins.<\/p>\n<h2>Business Models: Open Core and Dual Licensing<\/h2>\n<p>Some companies adopt an open-core model: the core is open source, with premium features under a commercial license. <a href=\"https:\/\/about.gitlab.com\/\">GitLab<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/\">HashiCorp<\/a> follow this model, with products like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terraform.io\/\">Terraform<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaultproject.io\/\">Vault<\/a> offering enterprise-only features.<\/p>\n<p>Others prefer dual licensing. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysql.com\/\">MySQL<\/a> (prior to Oracle\u2019s acquisition) offered both GPL and commercial versions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qt.io\/\">Qt framework<\/a> does the same: GPL for open source projects, commercial for proprietary use. The videoconferencing tool <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/miroslavpejic85\/mirotalk\">MiroTalk<\/a> offers dual licensing as well, free under GPL, or a paid license for proprietary needs.<\/p>\n<h3>Software as a Service (SaaS)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghost.org\/\">Ghost<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/\">Nextcloud<\/a> offer managed hosting alongside self-hosted options. Many users prefer paying for these services instead of maintaining their own infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/enterprise\/\">Nextcloud Enterprise<\/a> offers support and deployment services, with plans starting from \u20ac37 per user\/month, up to nearly \u20ac200 depending on needs. For individuals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hetzner.com\/\">Hetzner<\/a> offers hosted Nextcloud at competitive rates, often rivalling proprietary services like Google Drive.<\/p>\n<h3>Advertising, Product Placement, and Privacy Concerns<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/\">Mozilla<\/a> still earns roughly 80% of its revenue through its search deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Google<\/a>, but this raises sustainability and privacy questions. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/canonical.com\/\">Canonical<\/a> briefly introduced Amazon ads into Ubuntu\u2019s UI in 2012, a move quickly reversed after public backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Canonical now generates revenue through services such as <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/pro\">Ubuntu Pro<\/a>, OEM partnerships with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hp.com\/\">HP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/\">Lenovo<\/a>, and enterprise consulting.<\/p>\n<p>Other success stories include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/\">Red Hat<\/a> with its R<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\/technologies\/linux-platforms\/enterprise-linux\">ed Hat Enterprise Linux<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suse.com\/\">SUSE<\/a> with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suse.com\/products\/server\/\">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server<\/a>, both supported by robust B2B ecosystems.<\/p>\n<h3>The Role of the Linux Foundation<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxfoundation.org\/\">Linux Foundation<\/a> brings structure to enterprise-scale open source. With members including Microsoft, Huawei, Samsung, Meta, and Intel, the foundation channels hundreds of millions into open-source development annually.<\/p>\n<p>Open source is no longer a fringe movement: it\u2019s a critical component of modern software development. From passion projects and Patreon pages to full-fledged companies and enterprise services, the ecosystem continues to grow. And while there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all model, one thing is clear: open source has never been more vital (or more valuable).<\/p>\n<p><em>For a deeper dive into how developers and organizations generate sustainable income through open source, watch Moreno Razzoli\u2019s video:<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QV6ngQUSuV0&amp;t=11s\">\u20ac15k AL MESE sviluppando Software Open Source da freelance. Com\u2019\u00e8 possibile?<\/a> (\u20ac15k PER MONTH developing Open Source Software as a freelancer. How is this possible?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/27\/morrolinux-ai-the-foss-way\/\">&lt;&lt; Read the previous post of this series<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/07\/morrolinux-do-the-backup-right-with-linux\/\">Read the next post of this series &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from SNS and Global &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/zh-hant\/blog\/2025\/09\/16\/morrolinux-the-economics-of-open-source\/\" class=\"button-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"country":[],"language":[304],"ppma_author":[552],"class_list":["post-31149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-none","language-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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