Speaking on behalf of the company doing the commercial support, I can
safely say that I don't ever see pfSense becoming a for-pay solution.
Scott, Chris and the other developers have always been very committed to
the open source software community. The reason there is a commercial
support option at all is because many companies require it in order to
consider implementing a solution.
The commercial development side of things is a way for people (or
companies) who want to see a particular feature in pfSense and want to
reward the developers for doing the work. This benefits everyone since
almost all of these development projects find their way into the pfSense
system, and the developers are able to see a financial benefit for their
time and effort spent.
I hope this helps clarify fears that people might have about pfSense.
In short, the intent is to give people more options, not less.
-Gary
Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
technically it already is. if you want elevated support, they charge
for it. but out of that comes upgrades and feature enhancements of the
software for all users. also the rewards programs on the forum for
adding functionality that is being asked for.
-Sean
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> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:34:08 -0800
> Subject: [pfSense Support] License
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> Since this is becoming more of a commercial project, do we have to
worry about this becoming a pay software?
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> Richard Sperry
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