Javier, I think it's an important digression, but I've been postponing bringing it up until after stable releases.
Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer W&L On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Javier Serrano < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 2015-03-20 15:19 GMT+01:00 Mário Luzeiro <[email protected]>: > >> This type of support and community is what they expect when pay for a > commercial product... if something is wrong.. they will ask the company for > support.. > >> But, this is an issue in the opensource software feeling in general. > But I believe some projects are making a good work in give people trust on > this matters. > > > > I feel it quite the opposite. For a commercial product it is hard to > > get sane support, while open source projects are very easy. > > I see this as a two-dimensional issue. The opposite of free/open is > proprietary. The opposite of commercial is non-commercial. There are > four possible combinations. I think free/open and commercial is a > winning combination. The software stays free-as-in-freedom, and > free-as-in-free-beer for those who want it that way. If, in addition, > we could find a way to reward those who make KiCad such a great tool, > that can only be good. Look at successful free software projects. Most > of them have a way to reward key contributors. Some people get paid > full-time salaries to contribute to the Linux kernel, the Apache web > server and many other projects. I hope KiCad gets there one day. Sorry > for the digression, but I see this commercial-vs-open issue pop up > often and I thought I'd give my view on it. > > Cheers, > > Javier > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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