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If you want to give your work away for free, people still need to hear about it some way, which would be the marketing side of it. I think it's only misleading
by boomahora 4y ago
If you want to give your work away for free, people still need to hear about it some way, which would be the marketing side of it.
I think it's only misleading when someone markets their open source project without being up front about their monetization strategy (whether they have one or don't)
- jqpabc123 4y agopeople still need to hear about it some way, which would be the marketing side of it. *Marketing* as defined in the article is specifically about monetizing and generating income from open source in some way. *This article is aimed at commercial open-source software (COSS)*
- kapep 4y agoWhere's the oxymoron then? Open-source can be monetized. Marketing can help with that. I don't see any issues with the term "open-source marketing".
- wahnfrieden 4y agoThey’re essentially just saying “it’s hard”