Regardless of legal status. How can one "grab" Drupal for free (with all related benefits) and then refuse to contribute back?
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Fred Jones Verzonden: maandag 13 juli 2009 2:53 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: [development] Convince Client to Release Code We have one client for whom we wrote a set of custom modules. I asked the client if we could put the modules on d.o and he balked. I tried to explain that he'll get good testing and also bug fixes and new features maybe, if others post patches etc. He feels that he (his organization that is) paid for the work and why should someone else now benefit? He also has this idea that other organizations like his will want a site like his and he has plans to provide a hosted service for them (while this idea may seem far-fetched, I do think he has some connections which might make this idea feasible). So he thinks if we release the code, then they will just grab the code and use it. I tried to explain that your average layman has no idea what Drupal is, no way to figure out your site is running Drupal, and if even he got that far, he has no way of building his site without a professional to put the pieces together (after they figure what those pieces are of course), and then they he would do just as well to use our hosted plan! But he hasn't accepted this. Are there any good arguments we can use to persuade him? I feel he has nothing to lose in releasing the code, but we have to convince him of that. Thanks.
