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Ok...
Let's imagine, for instance, that "intersol", or anybody else, has some genial
idea to develop a module, and that module has all the ability and potential to
transform TinyERP into a mainstream application, that could bring it to the
front pages of the market.
Imagine, also, that the developer, who had worked hard to implement the module,
wants to gain some profit from his brilliant idea and code (he could even dream
of one day became a Bill Gates ;-))
So, what will be better for the future of TinyERP ??
1) to acept the module, and at the same time all the people that implement and
work with TinyERP will benefit from a larger marketplace, or
2) to refuse the module, and let TinyERP stay at a market niche level.
I really don't want to expand this topic, but I feel this is an important
subject, that should concern everyone... The world is not about just black or
white....
In conclusion, the way I see it, and please, don't flame me, it's just my
opinion, is that open-source, more and more, means LAZY code, bad code...
(because when someone writes _very good_ code, he usually wants to be paid for
that... one way or another... right?)
Take the case, for instance, of TinyERP. For sure it is a great product, a
great example of good code, (hope Tiny is profiting from it!), but some
modules, from third parties, from the community, simple are not so good. And,
of course, it's the overall quality of TinyERP that suffers...
And, I agree, "freedom is a matter of choice", so why not give that freedom to
the developers... why not let them do the code they want, and later, decide if
they want to give something back, or not, to the makers of the other 99% of the
code??
I bet that in most cases they will want to share some of the profits... ('cause
in the end, they need the other 99%!)
So, if you all love TinyERP as much as I do, please think a little bit about
this...
Or am I totally wrong?
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