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stuart.morrison@sw*.co*.uk* writes:

> as someone else who has written freeware deco (XS) I can honestly say   
> that none of the reasons so far explain why I will not release open   
> source code.
> 
> My reason is simple, the Windows version of XS took four months to
> develop and another year to get to its current incarnation. That was
> 16 months of my time, my money to buy software, books, research, to
> set up a download site, write a manual, all unpaid and free of
> charge. I may get nothing in return, but I am sure as hell not going
> to give 16 months work to anyone for free.

What's the difference to you between giving out the precompiled
version vs. the source code? What are the consequences for you?

> nothing "proprietary" you need to see. I will do my best to answer   
> questions on what I have done or to help others do the same but I am not   
> going to hand the program to anyone on a plate.

Why not? Seems kind of strange to me that you can serve the compiled
version on a plate, but not the source code. Maybe that is because I'm
paid by a company that uses, develops and relies a lot on open source
software, and that most software I've developed in my free time I've
given out under an open source license. What we see is that by going
open source, suddenly you get a lot of contributions, patches,
suggestions etc. for free (if you like).

> Not the best answer but at least it's honest.

I appreciate your honest answer. And to be honest, is seems to me
that you're a little selfish for no perticular reason. No
offence. Your precompiled software is probably appreciated by many,
but you could do others an even greater favor by releasing the
source - and you will suffer nothing.

Olaf
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Olaf Trygve Berglihn <olafb@pv*.or*>
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