Selling an Open Source Plugin

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Almost any open source license allows you to do that. GPL in that regard is the best because they will have to make the source code available, which is not the case for BSD for instance.

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PurpleSunray wrote:Software bizz is not about selling installers... but licenses
Usually: yes indeed. But not nescessarily. The license itself can be free of charge, but you may charge for other things: support or any other "service".
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ghettosynth wrote: You're right, I'm confusing the creative commons limitations with the GPL3 limitations with respect to software used as a service.

In any case, the point holds, choose a license that keeps the source open but restricts the sale of builds of the code.
So that is what I'm saying.
He needs to work out / find license that fits to his model, like i.e JUCE did with GPL and commercial license.

You came up with idea of just open the code and sell installers... and that point does not hold, cuz I can also build that installer and sell for less.

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BertKoor wrote:
PurpleSunray wrote:Software bizz is not about selling installers... but licenses
Usually: yes indeed. But not nescessarily. The license itself can be free of charge, but you may charge for other things: support or any other "service".
Yeah I know. That's the "linux model" as mentioned on an earlier post.
Works best if you deliver most ugly code on earth (because they will need support from you to get it working :lol: ).

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Might be worth looking into how Synergy monetizes on their open-source codes for keyboard/mouse sharing across monitors. Last I recall, they offer cross-platform compiled versions with enhanced security features + support. My guess is that the added barrier here may be cross-platforming.

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nonnaci wrote:Might be worth looking into how Synergy monetizes on their open-source codes for keyboard/mouse sharing across monitors. Last I recall, they offer cross-platform compiled versions with enhanced security features + support. My guess is that the added barrier here may be cross-platforming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy_(software)
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On 8 September 2014, the Synergy developers started charging a fee for distribution of pre-compiled binary files of Synergy on their website, while offering a free download for the source code. The developers claim only 0.002% of people were donating to fund the development before charging.
I might create a costsless.com/synergy page and sell it for 18.99$ :hihi:
nah.. doesn't seem like it would be worth it :D

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I might create a costsless.com/synergy page and sell it for 18.99$ :hihi:
nah.. doesn't seem like it would be worth it :D
;( Woes for donationware
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Here is another example of "the most ugly code" model: https://community.ardour.org/download
In this case probably achieved by having a large number of unsupplied dependencies that need to be built before building ardour.
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stratum wrote:Here is another example of "the most ugly code" model: https://community.ardour.org/download
In this case probably achieved by having a large number of unsupplied dependencies that need to be built before building ardour.
yeah, unsupplied dependencies are the basics on that buiness model. pros kill your nervs at runtime, like doing asumptions about vtbl layouts, calling conventions & co. that are only true on their environment :D

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