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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Javier, I think it's an important digression, but I've been postponing
bringing it up until after stable releases.

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Javier Serrano <
javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 2015-03-20 15:19 GMT+01:00 Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>:
> >> This type of support and community is what they expect when pay for a
> commercial product... if something is wrong.. they will ask the company for
> support..
> >> But, this is an issue in the opensource software feeling in general.
> But I believe some projects are making a good work in give people trust on
> this matters.
> >
> > I feel it quite the opposite. For a commercial product it is hard to
> > get sane support, while open source projects are very easy.
>
> I see this as a two-dimensional issue. The opposite of free/open is
> proprietary. The opposite of commercial is non-commercial. There are
> four possible combinations. I think free/open and commercial is a
> winning combination. The software stays free-as-in-freedom, and
> free-as-in-free-beer for those who want it that way. If, in addition,
> we could find a way to reward those who make KiCad such a great tool,
> that can only be good. Look at successful free software projects. Most
> of them have a way to reward key contributors. Some people get paid
> full-time salaries to contribute to the Linux kernel, the Apache web
> server and many other projects. I hope KiCad gets there one day. Sorry
> for the digression, but I see this commercial-vs-open issue pop up
> often and I thought I'd give my view on it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
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