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I just got their email. But I was kind of annoyed by the usage of words. 'Free 0.4 upgrade' It does imply, there are going to paid upgrades. If so, why they

by frade33 13y ago

I just got their email. But I was kind of annoyed by the usage of words. 'Free 0.4 upgrade' It does imply, there are going to paid upgrades. If so, why they are making it look like a free open source product, while it is by all means is a commercial product. It's not an issue for me. But If they want to live up to open source and free standards, then they should avoid this strategy.

schneidmaster 13y ago
You're reading way too far into this. There are no plans whatsoever to close-source or charge for the project (other than the paid hosting plans currently offered). That's plastered all over the kickstarter[0] as well as the website[1]. [0] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-... [1] https://ghost.org/about/ https://ghost.org/about/
- RKearney 13y ago
  Not to go against what you're claiming, but to play devils advocate for a moment if you take a look at Invision Power Board[0] (now called IP.Board), they were once a free and open source bulletin board / forum system. In fact, their slogan was: Apache, PHP and mySQL are all free, why should you pay for a bulletin board?[1] They've since completely reversed their stance on that and now require payment for IP.Board. I'm sure there are other examples of this happening too, that's just the one that I remember most clearly when it comes to companies taking once free software and then charging for it. [0]http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/ http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/ [1]http://web.archive.org/web/20020912123518/http://www.invisionboard.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20020912123518/http://www.invisio...?
  - frade33 13y ago
    aah!! coincidentally i do own a license of IPB. I never knew it was free. I love IPB as a paid BB. My sole point was, If one's product is not 'commercial' then they shouldn't advertise it in a commercial fashion either. Because I can see, a lot IPB Free users would be pissed off, when they had made the switch.
Tassels 13y ago
Some people just associate upgrades with paid products. My guess is they just wanted to stress that it's free.

by frade33 13y ago

schneidmaster 13y ago

You're reading way too far into this. There are no plans whatsoever to close-source or charge for the project (other than the paid hosting plans currently offered). That's plastered all over the kickstarter[0] as well as the website[1]. [0] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-... [1] https://ghost.org/about/ https://ghost.org/about/

RKearney 13y ago
Not to go against what you're claiming, but to play devils advocate for a moment if you take a look at Invision Power Board[0] (now called IP.Board), they were once a free and open source bulletin board / forum system. In fact, their slogan was: Apache, PHP and mySQL are all free, why should you pay for a bulletin board?[1] They've since completely reversed their stance on that and now require payment for IP.Board. I'm sure there are other examples of this happening too, that's just the one that I remember most clearly when it comes to companies taking once free software and then charging for it. [0]http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/ http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/ [1]http://web.archive.org/web/20020912123518/http://www.invisionboard.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20020912123518/http://www.invisio...?
- frade33 13y ago
  aah!! coincidentally i do own a license of IPB. I never knew it was free. I love IPB as a paid BB. My sole point was, If one's product is not 'commercial' then they shouldn't advertise it in a commercial fashion either. Because I can see, a lot IPB Free users would be pissed off, when they had made the switch.

Tassels 13y ago

Some people just associate upgrades with paid products. My guess is they just wanted to stress that it's free.