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This tool has taken quite a lot of my time, and i though i'd try an actual business model for a change.

by rikarends 13y ago

Korvin 13y ago
I would gladly donate $20+ for this if it does what you show it doing, but I feel wrong /paying/ $14 to try it.
- rikarends 13y ago
  Since its all JS its hard to make a try before you buy experience.
  - Korvin 13y ago
    Right, I'm not saying that you should either. Just an observation of my own reaction.
cjbprime 13y ago
A random suggestion, then: perhaps try selling it for a few months, and if the number of sales starts to tail off and you still feel uncompensated, set a fundraising goal at which you'd release it open source? As others said, I'm more interested in donating (and helping to persuade others to) to make it available for everyone than I am in buying a copy. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tern-intelligent-javascript-editing http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tern-intelligent-javascrip... is an example of successfully raising money for a javascript tool, although in that case the money was raised before the work was finished.
United857 13y ago
I certainly appreciate that. But also, open source and business models are not mutually exclusive. Perhaps you can open source the core code and then charge for support or extensions, like many others do with Linux, Apache, etc. Plus, if you have more people contributing changes/additions, you might have less of a workload. One last question for you: if I pay, do I get the source that I can tinker with/extend, or is it in a minified/obfuscated format?
- johtso 13y ago
  The code is not minified or obfuscated.
- rikarends 13y ago
  No i left the code unminified/unobfuscated on purpose. If you paid for it you get the freedom to hack on it if you want.
funkaster 13y ago
Completely agree with you. It's incredible good priced, and the bitcoin payment option... just great :) I bought it just a few hours ago, works excellent.

This tool has taken quite a lot of my time, and i though i'd try an actual business model for a change.

Korvin 13y ago

I would gladly donate $20+ for this if it does what you show it doing, but I feel wrong /paying/ $14 to try it.

rikarends 13y ago
Since its all JS its hard to make a try before you buy experience.
- Korvin 13y ago
  Right, I'm not saying that you should either. Just an observation of my own reaction.

cjbprime 13y ago

A random suggestion, then: perhaps try selling it for a few months, and if the number of sales starts to tail off and you still feel uncompensated, set a fundraising goal at which you'd release it open source? As others said, I'm more interested in donating (and helping to persuade others to) to make it available for everyone than I am in buying a copy. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tern-intelligent-javascript-editing http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tern-intelligent-javascrip... is an example of successfully raising money for a javascript tool, although in that case the money was raised before the work was finished.

United857 13y ago

I certainly appreciate that. But also, open source and business models are not mutually exclusive. Perhaps you can open source the core code and then charge for support or extensions, like many others do with Linux, Apache, etc. Plus, if you have more people contributing changes/additions, you might have less of a workload. One last question for you: if I pay, do I get the source that I can tinker with/extend, or is it in a minified/obfuscated format?

johtso 13y ago
The code is not minified or obfuscated.
rikarends 13y ago
No i left the code unminified/unobfuscated on purpose. If you paid for it you get the freedom to hack on it if you want.

funkaster 13y ago

Completely agree with you. It's incredible good priced, and the bitcoin payment option... just great :) I bought it just a few hours ago, works excellent.