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Marin David Condic <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote:

:  What I am reasonably sure of is that if I were to put a
: bunch of code out under the GPL (or some variant that doesn't retain any
: financial remuneration) that it will basically make nothing for me in terms
: of money.

My small up-front contribution might only buy you a lawn
mower, but if I can make good use of a GPLed library,
I'm quite ready to invest some money to support the developer(s).
Maybe some others are interested, too.

And, now speaking for my company, we have actually once made
a somewhat more substantial offer for the development
of open code that we wouldn't own, and everyone could use.
Could that be an option for you, in principal?