Title: I put a lot of thought into a software which solves a real problem and could be licenced on a per machine basis. (Small company pays less than a bigger one - i.e. pay per use).<p>To go for a startup selling licenced copies, I would need an investor but I don&#x27;t really know how much the product will sell. The investors like to see hockey stick graphs which I can&#x27;t claim.<p>I know there are companies that created open source projects on github and then have businesses doing custom work around it, but I don&#x27;t know if this will work for me. 
I feel the product itself provides value and I would like to make some revenue off it.<p>Now I am thinking this is a good fit for shareware - i.e distribute freely - let anyone who feels it is worth pay for it.
I can distribute with source so if someone wants to modify sections they can do so.<p>Please let me know your thoughts.
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