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Okay but how many FOSS projects decide to pivot like Ukuu did and just drop the F? If the free is killing you, stop being free. Leave your free repo as is, add
by cheschire 5y ago
Okay but how many FOSS projects decide to pivot like Ukuu did and just drop the F? If the free is killing you, stop being free. Leave your free repo as is, add a link to your purchase page for future versions.
Where’s the problem? People seem hell bent on sticking to core principles until their dying breath, but that’s not healthy.
Edit: and before people start laying into me about free as in speech/beer, this article is about the latter, not the former.
- schleck8 5y ago> Leave your free repo as is > Where’s the problem? People will just fork it (e. g. Retro -> Metro with all premium features)
- cheschire 5y agoIf you want your software to be FOSS, then you must accept than people can and will fork your work and make more money than you while doing it. If you don't want your software to be FOSS anymore, then you have to accept that at some point previously the "meat" of your code was already FOSS and you will be effectively competing against yourself. I still don't understand the problem, it's inherent in the decision to become FOSS in the first place. Or do you mean these folks who are complaining just didn't understand what FOSS meant before they got into it?
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- goodpoint 5y ago> Where’s the problem? ...that this does not work for libraries, tools and kernels. Which, together, make the backbone of FLOSS.