Re: Open Source Gets No Respect, Episode #310
Peter Reutemann <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:24:43 +1300
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On December 18, 2019 7:10:42 PM GMT+13:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote: >The developer of FUSE for macOS ><https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/16/fuse_macos_closed_source/> >found that, while many companies were including his software in their >commercial products, they were curiously reluctant to offer him any >actual monetary support for his work. > >So he took the drastic step of making the latest version closed-source. >While it continues to be available for non-commercial use at no charge, >commercial vendors will need to license it for inclusion in their >products. > >The result? He has actually got a bunch of licensing deals signed now. >_______________________________________________ >wlug mailing list -- [email protected] | To unsubscribe send an >email to [email protected] >Unsubscribe: >https://list.waikato.ac.nz/postorius/lists/wlug.list.waikato.ac.nz Good on him! :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/ _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list -- [email protected] | To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/postorius/lists/wlug.list.waikato.ac.nz