>Open-source is extremely difficult to make even a living wage off of…

So are you saying it’s even possible? I wish to learn at least one option to do it. Few is even better. How at all you can realistically make living this way?

Ok, not living , just partial income. Ok not partial. Some income?

I am not making fun of I honestly look some way .

I understand that if you maintain 10 years some essential part of essential software project then people eventually come to you for consulting or will pay you to shift this part toward their requirements.

But other then that? Like can you write useful free software program and really have some money from it ?