Build a Backlink Empire Or Just Sell It Out to Make Money?

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Several years ago I have created a website engine that works like a file-archive. Its database contains about 100,000 names of software programs with descriptions, and pages generated for each software title are SEO optimized for words like Program_name+download, Program_name+torrent, etc. The pages are also interlinked with related pages. So it is ideal for gathering traffic for software names with the low competition.

This engine was created by me just as an experiment, so I have uploaded it to a site, observed its traffic for some time, and forgot about that. But it is still live.

However during the last couple of months I have received several emails from people willing to buy this engine, and I have sold 3 copies of it "as is" for $100 each.

Now I'm not sure what to do. I see this engine may be pretty popular for people who are interested in such functionality. I see 2 ways:

1. Create a link to one of my my sites at the footer of the engine, and give away the engine for free (submit to script archives, etc). In this case all people who are interested will be able to install it on their sites.

Pros: Considering many of them will promote their sites, I guess I should receive pretty good "link juice" from their sites.

Cons: Users can remove my link from the footer of the engine.

2. Create a website related to the script, promote it for certain keywords, and just sell it for saying $100 per copy.

Pros: Making money

Cons: Unaware if the most of potential users are willing to pay money to get the script. Possibly sales won't be too significant and in this case it isn't worth it to spend time creating and promoting the site.

Any suggestions?
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