Tim Blechmann wrote:
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This is where I think the Redhat/Cygwin model could work. People who want support can pay for a neatly packaged piece of software that has a phone number that they can call and get someone to ask questions. As the market for media art and the like grows, I think this will only become more and more feasible.
it's the same as jmax ... iirc, you can pay 500 bucks for support, some externals, access to a forum ... or download it (although i don't know which licence it's using)
and this is why IRCAM is not considered as a contributor to free software in my eyes ( ouch ).
it's not ideology and the services model is perfectly alright ( i actually get some benefit from it ), some objects have also been developped for a project than made available for free to me: "the means of production must be free of charge to be accessible to all workers around the world" ( ahah, how naive i am )..
sum-up : it's perfectly oke to be commissioned to develop some tools for a project, but then they should be published for free, well, if you want to share anything. that's why speaking of the "price of pd" is really upsetting me.
ciao, sevy