{"id":139,"date":"2008-11-17T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/139-how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:42:16","slug":"how-to-make-money-with-free-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/how-to-make-money-with-free-software","title":{"rendered":"How to make money with free software&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"serendipity_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dutch_coin1.jpg\"><!-- s9ymdb:287 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" style=\"border: 0px none ; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/dutch_coin1-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nDutch designer Stani Michiels won a contest by the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the goal of which was to design the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.knm.nl\/domains\/knm\/pages\/article.asp?content=11720000000909_999_11650000000011&amp;navid=11650000000014_11720000000067&amp;cookie=init\" target=\"_blank\">new 5 euro commemorative coin<\/a> with the theme &#8216;Netherlands and Architecture&#8217;. <a href=\"http:\/\/pythonide.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html\" target=\"_blank\">He explains both the creative and technical process in great detail on his website<\/a>. 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