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FOSS doesn't mean that you get the software for free, but it does mean that once you have it, it's yours to do with however you want. No?
To change the deal of that license under a specific condition (profit made) after that software is effectively the user's (after they got the software paid or free) would conflict with how FOSS works.
The software is free to be used in any way whatsoever once the user has it, that's what free means. Altering the deal under a specific condition after that is not free. You may as well dual license the software instead.