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If I was OBS owner I would totally charge for it, don't even quote me
by sarasasa28 6y ago
If I was OBS owner I would totally charge for it, don't even quote me
- choward 6y agoThis is a good example of why I like open source. If someone decides to pull a move like that it can be forked and the project can live on.
- ghaff 6y agoThat mostly works if the owner isn't also the person doing most of the work on the project.
- choward 6y agoEven then though, you can continue to keep using it as is and not have to worry about them doing some shady updates now that they sold out.
- dragonwriter 6y agoMore to the point, it only works if the owner isn't the only person who is willing and able to maintain the project. Open licensing lets you maintain your own fork, but it doesn't by itself grant you the drive, general skill, and project-specific knowledge to do so.
- Aerroon 6y agoOne of the reasons why OBS got so popular compared to Xsplit is that it is free.
- MaysonL 6y agoInteresting – Xsplit is reported as a $20K sponsor on the website: https://opencollective.com/obsproject#section-budget https://opencollective.com/obsproject#section-budget (Scroll down to see the list of contributors.)
- dancemethis 6y agoWell, yes, it's Free Software, but at this quality level it is be totally fine to sell the ready-to-run binary at a cost.