Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability
From: Fred Gleason (fredg_AT_wava.com)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 18:04:02 EEST
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 16:37, Billy Biggs wrote:
> I see only two options: Go all the way, ask all users to pay, lose
> personal ownership of the project and turn it into a product, or ask
> nothing and expect nothing. Anything in between puts everyone in a bad
> position: users might feel obligated to contribute even though they have
> no guarentee of getting anything for it, or the author might feel
> obligated to continue working even though the financial reward is
> insufficient and charity rather than market driven.
There's always the classic FSF model: an agreement with a particular user
that needs a feature to add that feature for a specific price. The feature
then becomes part of the standard open source distro (so all the community
benefits). I understand Richard Stallman made a living for many years this
way.
Cheers!
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