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This would be great for some domains, not only debugging but also teaching. "unless I can fund it somehow [...], it's going to move slowly. " That's one way t
by pierrec 11y ago
This would be great for some domains, not only debugging but also teaching.
"unless I can fund it somehow [...], it's going to move slowly. "
That's one way to see it. There's also a good chance it would gain traction if it was open source, especially considering how it targets programmers. The same could apply to the other project that you say is sadly semi-dead - maybe it wouldn't be if others were given a chance to use it and contribute. To be sure, one needs to make a living. But being the creator of such impressive open-source projects can certainly help in that regard. If you really want to retain the possibility of commercializing them, just stick a dual license on them. This is, of course, only an idea and my personal way of approaching this kind of thing. To each his own.
TL;DR: If this was on Github, I would probably contribute!
- westoncb 11y agoHey pierrec! I'm definitely thinking along those lines. Partly I haven't so far because I don't get how collaboration/organizing works on open source projects—any suggestions for something I could read on those lines? And then the other part of it is, unsurprisingly, that I have retained some hope of commercializing one of them. While I love programming, I have found that I really do not enjoy being employed as a programmer and see these projects as nearly my only chance of getting to work on my own things. Also looking into getting an A+ certification and moving into IT... shrug —it's getting to the point now, however, that I just have too many partially completed projects piled up, and I think open source is probably a good way of going forward with 'em. Thanks for the suggestion.