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Few obvious things which come to mind.

1) Dual licensing 2) Charge for commercial support 3) Sell hosted versions (might not apply to you) 4) Advertising?



#1 and #2 require substantial legal expense and a lot of subsequent sales and support management effort. And unless a founder has a prior experience building this kind of organizational infrastructure, it will be a very painful experience to go through. All in all, it's a project that is simply too risky for the investors to put their money into.




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