considered on-topic. Anyway, it's the weekend and traffic is light...]
My last post on this subject got me to thinking: why isn't there more CF
Open source? How do you guys approach the topic:
1) I won't place my code in OpenSource, it's mine and I should be paid
for it! Open-source is for hippies.
2) I might consider it, but all of my best stuff was written for clients
and they own it.
3) I rarely do anything big or important enough to consider a release.
4) Almost everything I do is very specific to my (or my client's)
business.
5) I would like to, but I don't have the time to manage a project.
6) I keep meaning too, but I never seem to find the time to convert my
client-specific stuff to a generic version and write docs.
7) I already open source (or at least make available unencrypted copies
of) at least some things. (This would include submitting unencrypted
files to the developer's exchange)
8) Everything is open-sourced! The GPL adorns every file that leaves my
workstation!
9) Something else?
In general I find that most of time I fall in (6) and (7). There's a
lot I would like to make available, but very little time to "package" it
for public consumption. This is also why all of my "releases" have been
small (custom tags, specific techniques, etc) - I may be proud of the
big stuff but I just can't find the time put it in a nice wrapper.
CF has hundreds and hundreds (and hundreds) of small things (tags, UDFs,
CFCs, sample apps, etc) but VERY few large, full-featured apps available
(although, oddly, we do have at least ten or so open app frameworks).
Why don't we have many full-featured (and open) forums, CMSs, Blogs,
Security systems, inventory managers, shopping carts, and so on? We do
have a LOT of parts for them - just very few complete ones.
Why is that?
Jim Davis
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