On Jun 6, 5:24 pm, Yuv <[email protected]> wrote: > There has not been a user-contributed 2010.0.0 build for Windows so far.
as an aside note on this important and unresolved subject - the Luminance HDR project has taken the approach of charging a nominal charge of 15 EUR for a Windows binary - see http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/ I think that Hugin should consider a similar approach and support a Windows builder with a "ransom" approach, which is not uncommon for GPL software: the builder quantifies in terms of $ the effort and resources. Then he builds the binary and makes it first available only to paying users. The money that the users pay is accounted toward the ransom. Once enough money has been collected to pay all the ransom, the binary is set free and made available through the usual download channel. Example: the builder states that it is a 2500$ effort to build and quality-test a Hugin 2010.0.0 Windows installer. We put up a link to his Paypal account on Hugin's home page, offering the Windows binary for 10$. The first 250 users who pay this way get their latest Hugin faster. Once there have been 250 paid downloads, we put his binary in the normal, free, download section of SourceForge. What do you, Windows users and builders, think? Yuv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
