People pay for Value. And usually what they buy is not software. [1]
So how you monetise depends on what you are making, and who the target customer is. B2B software is more about services and support - B2C is more about instant gratification and convenience.[2]
Making money just selling software is hard now because the market is saturated. All word processors do the same task, but I use MS Word over LibreOffice because of network effects.
So the answer to your question is to figure out where your value offering really lies, and focus on that. The software license is not the critical factor.
[1] Google does not sell software, it sells search results. Facebook sells community and so on. Oracle /Red hat doesn't sell software, it sells backup, services, reputation and so on.
[2] every so often there will be a thread here complaining about someone selling open source. But compiling and shipping updated binaries adds a value and saves me time, so I'm happy to pay for that. (and of course it's completely within the bounds of most open source licenses)
So how you monetise depends on what you are making, and who the target customer is. B2B software is more about services and support - B2C is more about instant gratification and convenience.[2]
Making money just selling software is hard now because the market is saturated. All word processors do the same task, but I use MS Word over LibreOffice because of network effects.
So the answer to your question is to figure out where your value offering really lies, and focus on that. The software license is not the critical factor.
[1] Google does not sell software, it sells search results. Facebook sells community and so on. Oracle /Red hat doesn't sell software, it sells backup, services, reputation and so on.
[2] every so often there will be a thread here complaining about someone selling open source. But compiling and shipping updated binaries adds a value and saves me time, so I'm happy to pay for that. (and of course it's completely within the bounds of most open source licenses)