How to make money at open source

On the Ruby Rogues podcast, May 4, 2023

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Victoria Melnikova
Head of New Business, Host of Dev Propulsion Labs

Victoria Melnikova is the Head of New Business at Evil Martians. She joins the show to discuss how to turn an open source project into a profitable business by diving into the sophisticated world of commercial open source and sharing perspective on how to grow and monetize OSS.

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