{"id":13289,"date":"2023-08-25T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linphone.org\/?post_type=actualites&#038;p=13289"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:18:21","slug":"how-to-build-a-profitable-company-on-an-open-source-project-the-linphone-story","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/linphone.gtec.pro\/en\/news\/how-to-build-a-profitable-company-on-an-open-source-project-the-linphone-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a profitable company on an open source project: the Linphone story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June 2023,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><a style=\"color: #ff5e00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ow2con.org\/view\/2023\/\"><u><strong>OW2 con\u201923<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/span>\u00a0took place, an open source event hosting multiple conferences. This year\u2019s theme was \u201c<strong>Open Source Software and Digital Commons<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For our first participation, we decided to host a conference on the theme of \u201cOpen Source Financing\u201d. So, how can an open source project become a sustainable, profitable business? The answer to this question can be found in our talk, which we invite you to watch by<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><u>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff5e00;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_sQvyfiMiTk\"><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The organizer of this event was\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><a style=\"color: #ff5e00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ow2.org\/\"><u><strong>OW2<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/span>, an independent, worldwide open source community that promotes open source projects and provides software.<\/p>\n<p>We were keen to sponsor OW2 con to support this annual event and reinforce our commitment to the open source ecosystem.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linphone.org\/sites\/default\/files\/newsletter_format_long-37.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p>For more information, please\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><u><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/u><\/span>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13294,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"actualites-category":[68],"class_list":["post-13289","actualites","type-actualites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualites-category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to build a profitable company on an open source project: the Linphone story - Linphone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to build a profitable company on an open source project: the Linphone story - Linphone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; In June 2023,\u00a0OW2 con\u201923\u00a0took place, an open source event hosting multiple conferences. 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