Hi, Ashton. If you'd like to contribute money to support NetBeans development, one way might be to purchase the time of an individual NetBeans developer or contracting firm. Maybe send an email on the [email protected] mailing list saying "I am willing to pay $X to have issue number Y fixed". Or maybe something less specific, like "I am willing to pay $X to support improvements in an area of the developer's choice".
Keep in mind that the fully loaded cost of a software engineer with enough domain-specific skills to work on the NetBeans codebase is somewhere between $100-$300/hour, depending on the developer's location. -- Eirik From: Ashton Hogan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 9:04 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: Long Live NetBeans! In theory yes but in practice as soon as someone comes along and uses a license, they grow and apache dies. Who wants to do business with dying dependencies? Answer: NO ONE On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 13:44:47 GMT, Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > ...That's what Apache NetBeans is all about, > providing software development features to serve those who want to make use > of them... And that use might include making money with NetBeans - consulting, training, selling specific plugins, that's all fine with the Apache License. A few years ago, someone sold the source code of httpd as a printed book, tagged as "the ultimate reference to httpd". Not very useful IMO but ok w.r.t the Apache project, provided trademarks are respected, the provenance of the works is clear and appropriate credit is given. That's an extreme case of "embracing capitalism" I guess, I hope people find better ways to make money from our projects, but the ASF is basically friendly to business as long as it happens elsewhere - so that we can stay (fiercely) independent. -Bertrand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
