On Friday 05 November 2010 14:52:32 Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Friday 05 November 2010 14:08:37 Heitor Medrado de Faria wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Each new Bacula Enterprise feature, like the: New GUI Configurator, > > makes me feel that Bacula project will die. > > It's very frustrating that a project that become a huge success being a > > free software, is being destroyed like that. > > I acknowledge that Kern and other developers had lots of development > > work on Bacula - and there is not huge contribution. But creating a paid > > fork is not the way of get compensation. > > Bacula Systems has financed additional features and has created an > Enterprise version that is available to subscribers. > > All community contributions including most Bacula Systems contributions go > into the community version which is available to everyone. > > For two years we were putting everything into the community version, but > the company will not survive that is very clear -- Bacula Systems spends > more than CHF 50,000 / month in salaries and other costs. Very few people > or companies are willing to finance this for something that is free. > > You complain, but you suggest no viable alternatives. I nolonger want to be > the only person contributing most to Bacula and fixing most of the bugs. So > If Bacula Systems fails, the project will most likely die, stagnate, or the > code reliablity will become so bad in a few years that no one will want to > use it. > > I have spent 15 years contributing everything I do to Open Source, 10 of > those years to Bacula. Other people have done more, but for me that is a > lot! All the code I continue t contribute is Open Source, but I choose not > to give all of it to everyone today, because I want to see Bacula continue > -- the only way to do so is to ensure that Bacula Systems continues. Both > Bacula Systems and I could make the code proprietary as do virtually all > other projects that include support. We have chosen to continue writing > Open Source, which has a lot of risks. > > I find it ungrateful of you to complain about a not getting everything you > want for free -- especially when Bacula Systems has contributed *far* more > than the community in creating version 5.0.x. One of the projects I am > working on for the next community release is restarting failed jobs. When > I hear statements and complaints such as yours, it makes me wonder why I > shouldn't just put that code only into the Enterprise version.
Just so it is really clear, I had and have no intention of putting Restarting Failed Jobs only into the Enterprise version. Kern > > Had you attended the recent Bacula conference, you would have had ample > time to discuss these points and to hear what I and other users say. > > If you want these features, why don't you submit the code for them or > stimulate the community to do so. Anything that comes from the community > will be available to the community, and this is generally after we invest a > significant amount of time correcting the code, debugging it, testing it, > releasing it, documenting the new features, and then later supporting it > with bug fixes. I have the feeling that most people are unaware of the > amount of work that goes into creating and supporting Bacula -- even with > features contributed by the community. > > The Bacula project will only die if Bacula Systems fails and the community > does not make more contributions. > > So please stop complaining, and be happy that Bacula Systems is > contributing to the Bacula project, and that all of Bacula Systems code is > Open Source, even if everyone doesn't get everything for free. This is far > better than us taking the code proprietary as other projects are doing. > Continuing to complain may well contribute to the Bacula project dying. > > > Kern > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper > David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a > Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your > business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
