Billy Abbott wrote:
In order to get the gatekeepers to offer that software they need to have
an incentive to do so. Apart from idealistic ones who are doing it for
the reason of wanting the software to be free, I don't currently see
what the incentive is for the others. While I'd like to be able to get
the software (so that anyone can run their own service and also have the
potential to grab the software and run their own service if their
provider goes tits up) I can understand why people don't give it out for
free.
Pleae let me know if I am missing a reason why people should, outside of
idealogical reasons.
Well, if developers were more cautious about basing their applications
on APIs with no Free implementations then that would give API providers
an incentive. But they aren't, and I wonder why? As developers, what
is it that makes the people on this list trust big web application and
service providers to maintain their APIs for as long as you want them?
Is it because you have a high level of trust for them, or a very short
expectancy of useful life for your applications?
S
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