How do people make money with code libraries?

They usually don't. Some open-source groups can hire out people who will do custom installs, or management for their products. Money is there. Sometimes companies will pay employees to work on open-source. read more

They usually don't. Some open-source groups can hire out people who will do custom installs, or management for their products. Money is there. Sometimes companies will pay employees to work on open-source. read more

Another way is to bundle open source and put proprietary art so that they cannot be simply copied over (For example RedHat, although to their defense they do offer Fedora as a free alternative). At the end of they those who make the money are not those creating the software. But those who leverage on the software that others create. read more

We can’t ask for operations money, hours, and staffing, much less money to buy books and other materials if we can’t prove that people use the library– not only the physical gate count of bodies but the much more accurate number reflecting each and every discharge (check out or renewal). read more