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neocanable commented on Ask HN: Open source projects make money？ · Posted by u/neocanable

If you keep it open source a common model is not to make money off of the code directly but to provide service, support, and consultation around it.

Payment for access to expanded and more powerful feature sets offered under a different license model is very common.

Similarly you can contract to build specific features, possibly under a different license open or closed.

If you do any contract work or engage with licensing changes I highly recommend you work with a lawyer. Guessing or going by "legal vibes" in this space adds unnecessary risk.

neocanable · a month ago

Thanks for your advice.

neocanable commented on Ask HN: Open source projects make money？ · Posted by u/neocanable

QuiCasseRien · a month ago

being backed by companies which use your product is often the golden ticket to making a living from open source.

think of why someone could pay for something you offer free :

- have some control over you : integrate feature, prioritize you backlog, influence the roadmap...

- have confidence that the project will be maintained and won’t be abandoned

- direct support from the maintainer

- visibility/marketing

- ...

neocanable · a month ago

Thanks for your advice!!!

neocanable commented on Ask HN: Open source projects make money？ · Posted by u/neocanable

chistev · a month ago

Asking for donations, maybe.

It's difficult to make money from open source.

neocanable · a month ago

It is really hard for programmers

Posted by u/neocanable a month ago

Ask HN: Open source projects make money？

neocanable commented on Show HN: Garlic – Java/Android decompiler written in C · Posted by u/neocanable

pvg · 3 months ago

Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Feature updates mostly count as dupes on HN after your project has had a big thread but you can repost in a year or so (give or take) or after major rework.

neocanable · 3 months ago

got it, thank you, I hidden it.

neocanable commented on Show HN: I wrote a Java decompiler in pure C language github.com/neocanable/gar... · Posted by u/neocanable

neocanable · 3 months ago

The decompiler support android apk and dex now

neocanable commented on Show HN: I wrote a Java decompiler in pure C language github.com/neocanable/gar... · Posted by u/neocanable

appendixv3 · 3 months ago

Very cool project! Love the idea of a Java decompiler written in C — the speed must be great.

Any plan to support `.dex` in the future? Also curious how you handle inner classes inside JARs.

neocanable · 3 months ago

the project support dex and apk now.

neocanable commented on Show HN: Garlic – Java/Android decompiler written in C · Posted by u/neocanable

pvg · 3 months ago

Recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169132

neocanable · 3 months ago

yes, support android apk and dex now

Posted by u/neocanable 3 months ago

Show HN: Garlic – Java/Android decompiler written in C

neocanable commented on Show HN: I wrote a Java decompiler in pure C language github.com/neocanable/gar... · Posted by u/neocanable

kamma4434 · 3 months ago

I cannot help but wonder why starting a new project in C in 2025. It’s like driving a car with no seat belts. You sure you want to do that?

neocanable · 3 months ago

This is the best question for me. Writing these codes in C language is the best way to learn the file structure of jvm/dalvik/pe. This process makes me like C language more. For me, I think it is simple and pure, which is enough.

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