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Getting the promised version (plus ~7 years of updates) as open source doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
by CodesInChaos 5y ago
Getting the promised version (plus ~7 years of updates) as open source doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoIf the kickstarter had been "FOSS for 7 years including free updates", then I'd have no problem with it. Of course, nobody would have paid for that, which moves the whole thing closer to "fraud" territory other than the fact that they probably didn't plan this at the time.
- abeyer 5y agoBut it doesn't _stop_ being FOSS... it just stops getting the backing of the business. This is no different an outcome than if the business simply failed after seven years, which is also always a possibility.