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Many peoples minds seem to be stuck at either "charge and keep it closed source and heavily guarded" versus "FLOSS". There's nothing wrong with charging for fre
by 3np 6y ago
Many peoples minds seem to be stuck at either "charge and keep it closed source and heavily guarded" versus "FLOSS". There's nothing wrong with charging for free and open software if you'd otherwise be developing it purely based on donations to keep it open.
- frenchy 6y agoPart of the problem here though, is that many people don't want to pay for software if there is a free alternative, so market forces work such that anyone who tries to attempt such a thing often gets sidelined by someone else who releases their binaries for free.
- oceanghost 6y agoAt every (software) job I've ever had-- spending any sort of money was nearly impossible but I had free range to use open source software. Thus most of our tooling ended up being open source.
- 3np 6y agoWell, I may want to support a project regardless but it's an easier sell to my manager with a "license" than a "donation"
- thih9 6y agoWhat are some examples of open source projects that follow this model?
- fxtentacle 6y agoFileZilla
- bakakid 6y agoI think this one applies: Aseprite pixel art/animation editor. The source code is free to use on github, but if you dont know how to compile it, then they also sell it ready to go for most operating systems. as a student, i liked the idea of getting it for free, but couldnt figure out the compiling (im an illustrator/designer that dabbles in code, but not much at all) so i footed the ~$20 to be able to use it.
- Shared404 6y agoZynAddSubFX does iirc.