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> Is there a market for non-free CLI tools? Yes, the most popular example I know of is FileBot[0]. It used to be free; it went commercial a short while back. M
by Moeancurly 7y ago
> Is there a market for non-free CLI tools?
Yes, the most popular example I know of is FileBot[0]. It used to be free; it went commercial a short while back. Many people do indeed pay the yearly (or lifetime) subscription for it.
[0]: https://www.filebot.net/ https://www.filebot.net/
- dgellow 7y agoIsn’t FileBot a graphical application?
- Moeancurly 7y agoIt has a GUI and a CLI[0] option. You need a license to use either. [0]: https://www.filebot.net/cli.html https://www.filebot.net/cli.html
- eb0la 7y agoFile compressors were non-free some time ago (Zip, ARJ, etc.) or at least shareware. I guess UPX executable compressor was also non-free. Other non-free category are media encoders/decoders (with patents behind). The other cmdline tool I remember it's non-free is tarsnap because there is a service behind.