@sraps Let me barge in in this thread and tell you it is not like that.
We have two different things: the open source, GPL development of a big project, and paid services around it. The fact that all the code is free does not mean that the authors are obliged to offer their services for free, too. It is their right (and I thing they worth it) to provide services and ask any amount they see fit. See, they have to get some benefit of their work, or else they wouldn't be interested in it in the long run. In the OS world, the rule is that you cannot /demand/ somebody to help you. Sure, most of the times, you can ask for help and you will get it. But here, we are talking about service agreements. With the Odoo, Tiny more or less /guarrantees/ that the site and the modules there will behave right. For a very low price. And, at the same time, all the Odoo code is let free for anybody to use. If you wanted them to just receive an avalanche of code and certify that, it would cross their profit margins. Conclusion: if somebody has extra code, and you need it to be sure, you have options: either you pay a retrospective amount to get it certified, or you support it yourself. If there is no money, you operate the code 'as is', until somebody in the community devotes time or money to get it fixed. This is a business opportunity for everybody, IMHO absolutely fair. -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=41100#41100 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman2/listinfo/tinyerp-users
