On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Justin Giboney <[email protected]> wrote: > Your first question: why am I trying to close my code, is a tough one for me > to answer. Honestly, I am in my last year of college, and well, I am ready > to make some money. The question is how can I do that with this software > that I have almost finished? I could make it open-source and charge people > for implementation/support, or I can sell it. I am not closed to the idea of > charging for support/implementation, but they don't teach that in most > business schools, so I understand the idea of packaging it and selling it > better. If you have any suggestions in this realm, I am totally open to it.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to make money. Keep in mind that you can sell your software and also have it be open source - you just don't give out the source unless someone pays for it, and then you make them sign a contract agreeing not to give/sell/transfer/etc. it to anyone else. If you want to make shrink-wrapped software, I recommend reading articles by Joel Spolsky - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ or picking up his book, also called Joel on Software. He's been running a shrink-wrap software business in NYC for a long time and has some great advice. -Dan _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
