I agree 100% with Eric's opinion.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Eric Caudal
<eric.caudal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:eric.caudal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
My 2 cts:
- OpenERP has no business model on selling the code. If you want
to sell code, choose another ERP. Opensource allows the copy:
don't bother in complaining about people doing it!
- A localization is partly a setup/partly code (some
wizard)/partly the capacity for the integrator to explain it to
the customer. You could protect the 1st part or the last part
(your procedures) but for the rest...
- Companies hire my services so that I can help them either setup
current OpenERP code or patch it/create new functionalities. Even
if functionalities are similar between companies, they continue
hiring us because we help them find innovative solutions (and
every company has its own needs/tricks/specificities that justify it.
- paid apps will never work if it is based on code
- paid apps could work if it is linked to a service or added
feature which is not AGPL code (for example an EDI network or a
membership or a SaaS service or an Android app etc).
- Still a voluntary fee (donation with a percentage to the hoster)
could be a solution for some people/situations ("you liked it,
please help me"). I would personally not rely on it as a company.
