Open vs closed source software: The quest for balance (Voxeu.org)

I've been struggling for a number of months on the OSS/CSS issue for my own code/company. I'd like to feed my family and maintain standard of living. At the same time I'm very interested in giving something back to the community which has enabled me to feed my family and myself for the past 15 years. Everytime I evaluate the situation the licensing that I come up with becomes less and less restrictive. To the point that I think and LGPL solution w/o copyright assignment is best and trying to build a support buisness around it. It's been a difficult process, and maybe it'll never really fly, but I have a day job with a company that will let me do my own thing while doing their thing. Going OSS will reduce my potential income, but It'll be a lot more fun, and maintainable if I can get a community around it, as opposed to hiring tech support staff, and raising capital. From what I've seen over the years it seems that if you make something useful that addresses a complicated problem, people are willing to pay you for your dedicated support, even if they can get it for free.