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I've signed up for your beta. One question though - if you end up feeling it's unsustainable to continue developing PhotoStructure down the line do you have a

by bpye 8y ago

I've signed up for your beta. One question though - if you end up feeling it's unsustainable to continue developing PhotoStructure down the line do you have a plan? Obviously we would rather not be burned by it either, you you consider at that point making it open source so existing users can continue and make improvements? Certainly I hope it never comes to it but it's nice to have a little reassurance.

mceachen 8y ago
The "photo app" market is a zombie apocalyptic wasteland of failed and undead software. I don't want to get burned again, either, so: 1) There's a corporate mandate to open-source PhotoStructure for Desktop in the event of business closure. 2) Your library consists of industry-standard files. If you choose to do so, your originals are copied into a standard YYYY/YYYY-mm-dd/ folder hierarchy. XMP sidecars are added to hold inferred or novel metadata and store nondestructive edits, like rotation. A SQLite db (with commented schema! it's pretty, honest!) holds asset-file-tag relationships, albums, and other non-file metadata. 3) It's just me, and I love open source, so if I can get to the point where my licensing stream pays for food and shelter, I can open source then.