Open source has become standard in Silicon Valley, with nearly every software startup planning to release at least some code. So far, they've found five main business models:
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mawcs
17 years 9 weeks 9 hours 51 min ago
Nice summary
However, there is one model missing, company's giving away source code in order to generate good will. Any entrepreneur knows the incalculable value of good will.
I see this model used to increase adoption of common libraries in order to have the potential of selling more specialized libraries (JIDE Software); or, to increase awareness of other products and services (IBM). Open source software is almost used as part of a PR/Marketing strategy.