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I get that the author wants a portion of whatever money you make with his scripts, but I wonder if they are aware of the ambiguity in "noncommercial" licenses.

I get that the author wants a portion of whatever money you make with his scripts, but I wonder if they are aware of the ambiguity in "noncommercial" licenses. I feel like this precludes the use of these scripts anywhere but hobbyist projects that you never intend to profit from. And I think that's sad because the author could be probably make more of a name for themselves by using a more permissive license like the GPL.

jacquesm 12y ago
Maybe he doesn't care about 'making a name for himself' and just wants to eat? If you use software for a commercial purpose and the price is lower than what it would cost you to make it yourself then buy don't make is where it's at. If he wants a 'portion of whatever money you make with his scripts' (that's called a profit share) then I think he's over-estimating that cost by a considerable margin, also he's building this on top of ImageMagick which is a very extensive suite of programs doing all the heavy lifting and these scripts tie those programs together. If you don't know ImageMagick enough to string together 6 commands then this might be a useful resource, if you can then it might serve you as inspiration just by looking at title and documentation and never downloading the script. Either way, it's out there without any obligation on your part, for hobbyists it's a boon.
- Punkbustar1 12y ago
  "Don't know enuf to string 6 commands together..." I don't know who you are, but your rude comments are distracting. Any goodwill is lost.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    > I don't know who you are Info on my profile page. > but your rude comments are distracting That wasn't a rude comment, but yours certainly is. The typical format of these scripts is a bunch of documentation, a bunch of setup and then between 2 and 10 imagemagick calls to do the actual work.
- click170 12y ago
  I don't disagree, but I would point out that for those who are new to the industry, making a name for yourself can be a very good way of feeding yourself in the long term. Perhaps I should have instead framed it as building his portfolio. But everyone needs to eat in the short-term too. :)
  - SixSigma 12y ago
    I think Fred has enough to eat http://www.fmwconcepts.com/fmw/fmw.html http://www.fmwconcepts.com/fmw/fmw.html

jacquesm 12y ago

Maybe he doesn't care about 'making a name for himself' and just wants to eat? If you use software for a commercial purpose and the price is lower than what it would cost you to make it yourself then buy don't make is where it's at. If he wants a 'portion of whatever money you make with his scripts' (that's called a profit share) then I think he's over-estimating that cost by a considerable margin, also he's building this on top of ImageMagick which is a very extensive suite of programs doing all the heavy lifting and these scripts tie those programs together. If you don't know ImageMagick enough to string together 6 commands then this might be a useful resource, if you can then it might serve you as inspiration just by looking at title and documentation and never downloading the script. Either way, it's out there without any obligation on your part, for hobbyists it's a boon.

Punkbustar1 12y ago
"Don't know enuf to string 6 commands together..." I don't know who you are, but your rude comments are distracting. Any goodwill is lost.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  > I don't know who you are Info on my profile page. > but your rude comments are distracting That wasn't a rude comment, but yours certainly is. The typical format of these scripts is a bunch of documentation, a bunch of setup and then between 2 and 10 imagemagick calls to do the actual work.
click170 12y ago
I don't disagree, but I would point out that for those who are new to the industry, making a name for yourself can be a very good way of feeding yourself in the long term. Perhaps I should have instead framed it as building his portfolio. But everyone needs to eat in the short-term too. :)
- SixSigma 12y ago
  I think Fred has enough to eat http://www.fmwconcepts.com/fmw/fmw.html http://www.fmwconcepts.com/fmw/fmw.html