Why I will never try to monetize my own project:

1. To monetize a project, it must first gain wide adoption.

2. To gain wide adoption, it must have a permissive license.

3. To successfully monetize (after gaining wide adoption), it must have a restrictive license.

4. Changing a project's license to be more restrictive will alienate the community and hurt adoption.

I see no solution to this dilemma.