Hi everyone, I, for one, agree with Lukas' decision about the license change. As some of you have already pointed out, everyone needs to eat, including Lukas. He has invested countless hours into building a great product with great documentation. He probably spends even more time answering all the questions on this mailing list, stack overflow and the issue tracker. And yet, some people are firm believers that the awesome end result of this effort, jOOQ, is worth 0. Every single penny is too much, either it's totally free, or they don't want it. And that's OK. I strongly believe there will be many other people who will recognize the incredible value jOOQ provides, and will be happy to support it. After all, who would want to go back to plain jdbc, spring jdbc or hibernate? Heck, that thought alone is worth some money!
In fact the pricing structure is very democratic (almost a joke!) compared to what the commercial DB vendors charge per processor core and for support. And yes, maybe it needs some fine tuning (see the discussion about the express editions), but let's be honest, what are a few hundred euros per year for a company that can afford to run Oracle or SQL Server in production? Absolutely nothing. All that is needed is a little bit of convincing with a business case. Lukas, maybe you could set up a ROI calculator like JRebel has on the pricing page? This would make it easier for users to argue why it is a great deal! Keep up the excellent work and thanks for making such a great library! Axel P.S.: I am both an independent consultant and an open-source developer (I make Flyway, flywaydb.org), so I understand both sides, and what their thoughts and tradeoffs are, really well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jOOQ User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
