Trying to make economic sense of open sourcing livecode

[Peter Haworth]

OK, makes some kind of sense.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> Yeah, you're missing the point, kind of. Everyone who contributes can also
> use all contributions by everyone else and when you contribute, you make it
> more attractive to others to cntribute too. That's the reward of
> open-source software and there is no reason for any additional compensation.
>
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>
> Mark Schonewille
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> On 1 feb 2013, at 21:03, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
> > Thanks Mark.
> >
> > As mentioned, I know nothing of C++ so this isn't going to affect me.
>  But
> > it doesn't seem unreasonable that someone who is willing to contribute
> code
> > into a free product might feel like they should be compensated should
> that
> > code be incorporated into a product that costs money.  Or perhaps I'm
> > missing the point of open source software.
> >
> > Pete
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> >
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