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[Pineapple]

I've been working on a JavaScript thing for displaying ANSI-ish graphics in the browser using WebGL, in a way that's pretty simple and doesn't require a dev to know anything about WebGL. And from the search I did trying to find a tool like this to use myself I don't think there's anything like this out there yet. I initially was just making it to support my own game idea but I realized I have something really cool here that other people might want to use.

And I can really use money. But I've never released a code thing I did on my own as a commercial product before, and I have no idea what I'm really getting into.

I'm seriously considering making this free for noncommercial use, but requiring licenses for commercial use. My thought has been to allow small indie devs to license for rev share, and to also provide a flat fee option for anyone who prefers to do it that way, and buying a license would come with support using the tool.

Has anyone done this sort of thing for gamedev tools before? What do I need to know?

[WarpQueen]

I have not, so take everything I write with a grain of salt. But no one else has replied, so I thought maybe I can help you think it through.

For starters, I'd just choose a licence and put it up on git. If you expect people to pay when used in a business context, you should probably:
1. have somewhere for them to pay (paypal is nice, but some people have been screwed by them, so investigate)
2. start a company to handle the income (if and what form depends on your country)
3. be prepared to handle support

Rev share sounds complicated.