Suppose Lakshmi is going to write ext3 or file-system related tools. Unless your software is really good and urgently needed by some small business groups, it's hard to sell linux software for money. When using choose, it means everything is freely available. I'd show m 0.02 here, hope to be helpful: 1, Have a Try with SaaS. Share your programming experience with some startups, and serve as an consultant. 2, Looking for freelance jobs on oDesk, eLance, there are some developing positions, and you can serve as a dedicated programmer as what you did. 3, Start your own opensource project if you know the linux market quite well.(I know that recovering data from a failed RAID or disk is a good market) All the best, Joseph <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:27 PM, William Tambe <<a href="mailto:tambewilliam@gmail.com">tambewilliam@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I don't know if this is the right discussion group for the subject, but I am also curious to know. ?-|<div> <div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> lakshmi pathi wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Yes ....Even i like free stuffs :) ...But how could an Linux/open source programmer earn money for living? Cheers, Lakshmipathi.G On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM, William Tambe <<a href="mailto:tambewilliam@gmail.com" target="_blank">tambewilliam@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> You know we like free stuff right? lakshmi pathi wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I need clarifications on how to sell linux tools. (Though i' not sure how people ready to buy it :) ) I have written few tools and planning to write more(by giving up current non-linux & boring job). I want to know,which license will allow me to sell tools/softwares? (I hope to sell the products through online) Cheers, Lakshmipathi.G <a href="http://www.giis.co.in" target="_blank">www.giis.co.in</a> _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ext3-users@redhat.com" target="_blank">Ext3-users@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users</a> </blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ext3-users@redhat.com" target="_blank">Ext3-users@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Sponser and operater: Linux monitoring solution: <a href="http://admon.org">http://admon.org</a>