On 03/09/12 03:15, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
First of all, this topic should go into Lazarus-other.
Sorry, I forgot that list existed.
Apart from licensing issues, which may require to keep the source closed, why should somebody ever open up his own source code?
That's the whole point. He is giving his IDE add-ons away for FREE. He is *not* making money off it. If he was selling the IDE add-ons, then obviously I would understand. What he is doing is similar to GExperts. I believe it was a GExperts developer asking if his work could be merged, and he said no.
I just don't see [in such a case] what the benefit is to the developer to keep his work closed sourced.
...while earning your living otherwise :-]
You're missing my point. Graeme. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
