Hi all,
I'm intending to retire some time this year and I am trying to decide
what to do with SheetCam. One option that I'm seriously considering is
making SheetCam open source (GPL). If this is too off topic for this
list please tell me.
I really want to see SheetCam continue to be developed and improved. My
accountant thinks I'm nuts to even consider going open source but my
biggest concern with selling it is that I don't want to see it get
turned into a cash cow with very little development, pretty much the way
Mach3 ended up.
While I have contributed to a few open source projects including
LinuxCNC I have never started one. To be successful an open source
project needs a strong leader or team of leaders. I don't want to be a
leader. I don't expect to just dump it on Github and walk away but I
also don't want to end up doing just as much work as I'm doing now. My
ideal scenario would be to recruit a team of core developers then
gradually reduce my involvement. The question is, am I likely to be able
to recruit those developers?
Basically at the moment I'm looking for advice and opinions.
Les
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