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Well, but couldn't you just don't offer any support? If you would publish it on Github, you could just 'unwatch' it and maybe let the community support itself.

Well, but couldn't you just don't offer any support? If you would publish it on Github, you could just 'unwatch' it and maybe let the community support itself. Of course, bug reports and contributions are nice, so you could have a few trusted colloborateurs, who forward those few useful 'issues' to you EDIT: I meant my comment more in the way of "Do you actually have an obligation to support your free software?". It's understandable, that, with open-sourcing code, you will get a lot of support load, but it will only affect you, if you actually plan to respond to them (That's why I proposed 'unwatch'ing it. It may seem stupid, but I thought this could be a way out for OP. Just code-dump the project, add a commit here and then, but never try to offer support/respond to questions etc. But even then, I'm perfectly fine with not open-sourcing it. It's still an awesome and useful tool. Great work OP!

boyter 11y ago
I am going to assume you are referring to why its not free software. Yes I could. I can guarantee I would still get a deluge of email asking about how to set things up. The amount I deal with from my Decoding Captcha's article is more than I can bear. However it is something I may do in the future. Certainly if I ever shut it down I will release all source.
- hacker_9 11y ago
  I can't believe the first comment here is making a problem out of it not being free. Sadly the vocal majority of HN will berat you for not making all your code open source and the product free; but don't think for a second they know anything about what they're talking about. As a sole developer you have to support yourself somehow. This project is full of high-quality features so good job! Your effort is to be commended.
  - boyter 11y ago
    Thank you!
boyter 11y ago
Unable to edit so adding a new comment. Yes that's possible but I think the result would be the same. I freely publish my details around so I think I would still get quite a lot of support requests.

boyter 11y ago

I am going to assume you are referring to why its not free software. Yes I could. I can guarantee I would still get a deluge of email asking about how to set things up. The amount I deal with from my Decoding Captcha's article is more than I can bear. However it is something I may do in the future. Certainly if I ever shut it down I will release all source.

hacker_9 11y ago
I can't believe the first comment here is making a problem out of it not being free. Sadly the vocal majority of HN will berat you for not making all your code open source and the product free; but don't think for a second they know anything about what they're talking about. As a sole developer you have to support yourself somehow. This project is full of high-quality features so good job! Your effort is to be commended.
- boyter 11y ago
  Thank you!

boyter 11y ago

Unable to edit so adding a new comment. Yes that's possible but I think the result would be the same. I freely publish my details around so I think I would still get quite a lot of support requests.