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The beauty of open source is you can always fork the previous version. I don't see how it's anymore of a bait and switch than a vendor raising the price of a pr
by asdfaoeu 11mo ago
The beauty of open source is you can always fork the previous version. I don't see how it's anymore of a bait and switch than a vendor raising the price of a product.
- einrealist 11mo agoThe ability to fork something doesn't mean its viable or reasonable for everyone. That's a risk to users in case of both extremes: bait-and-switch tactics (mostly due to commercial motivations) or abandoned projects (see ASF Attic).
- nomel 11mo ago> doesn't mean its viable or reasonable for everyone Related, it's often not viable to give away something for free.
- RobotToaster 11mo ago> I don't see how it's anymore of a bait and switch than a vendor raising the price of a product. That's often called bait and switch if a subscription price is hiked significantly.
- nomel 11mo agoNo relation. This is free, open source, where you can fully use, modify, and continue it as far into the future as you want. A paid model, you lose access if you don't adhere. With this, you're losing nothing except future development time, which you were previously getting for free. These are completely different things. My naive interoperation of this comment section says there were quite a few people making money on this work, without helping them pay their bills.