I have no issues with my proposed paid development being made open source. But I understand that others will have that issue. I would say that if that is what the client wants, they have to accept that the work is based upon a open source framework that cannot be copyrighted.
From: Julian Wingert<mailto:julian.wing...@web.de> Sent: Sunday, 14 June 2020 11:29 PM To: EMC developers<mailto:emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation And you can bet your bottom dollar there are hundreds of others willing to pay. Question is how we keep this project from being ripped apart. Because we sure as hell will have some who are afraid of commercial involvement. Julian On 14 June 2020 15:22:07 CEST, Stefan Asmus <stefanasmu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >I am not a developer (well I will try on some projects in the near >future), But I have used PlasmaC on my industrial plasma machine I >designed and built. I spent close to $40K AUD on the build and I if I >wanted to use a commercial plasma software, the Hypertherm software >controller I was quoted was close to $30K for just a controller and the >software. > >LinuxCNC has opened a whole new world of possibilities for me as far as >what can be done relatively cheaply. If you follow the plasma forum >section you will see posts of what I use my machine for on a daily >basis. LinuxCNC has made that possible. > >In the future I would like to sponsor some development. I plan to >design and build six axis welding robots. I am sure if will be possible >with LinuxCNC, I just need to get some parts of the software set up to >do what I want. If there was a system in place for paid developer work >I will surely consider investing in it. > >From: N<mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> >Sent: Sunday, 14 June 2020 11:12 PM >To: EMC developers<mailto:emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation > >> Moin! (north german hello) >> >> I would like to add some thoughts. >> >> 1. Releases are a must have. Think about someone having a 10000 >Dollar Maschine being brocken by a Bug. I for myself am very cautious >about testing new versions, as my machine has 2x 2KW servos on y-axis, >easy able to tear the machine apart... > >If you do not want to take the risk you do not have to. If you have a >10000 Dollar machine maybe it's worth spending some money on commercial >control system, maybe they are more responsible. > >> 2. If there are spenders, bring them on. What about a patreon for >lcnc? And payment is done in 3 tiles, one in advance, one @integration >and one @release. We make a list of open things, define a price and >publish them. I for myself would be OK with the one organizing getting >paid for his work. > >Might be a good idea but I do currently not know anything I am prepared >to pay for to get done except maybe a little bit of money. > > >_______________________________________________ >Emc-developers mailing list >Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > >_______________________________________________ >Emc-developers mailing list >Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Pinneberg Julian Wingert Subtilitas Consulting Holstenstr. 25 25421 Pinneberg Phone: 0170/4516094 FAX: 03212-1479681 Mail: julian.wing...@subtilitas.de USt-IdNr.: DE272503212 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
