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Re:Qt 5.10 released by panta on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:10PM (#15872999)
Thanks for fman and for the transparency of your whole process. I am decidedly interested in your open-sourcing fman, I'll add myself to the subscription list. I have a suggestion: why don't you launch a kickstarter (or other more suitable campaign) to collect a fund acting as a payment for the open-sourcing of fman. That could compensate you for the tremendous effort that went in the development till now.
Re:Qt 5.10 released by mherrmann on Friday December 08, 2017 @01:24AM (#15877047)
I don't think I'd really get a lot of money on Kickstarter. if people want to financially support the project, they can simply get a license [0].

[0]: https://fman.io/buy

Re:Qt 5.10 released by panta on Friday December 08, 2017 @01:13PM (#15880610)
Yeah, I think I was one of the early licenses, but I was wondering if there was a way to open source it while preserving the financial benefits.
Re:Qt 5.10 released by mherrmann on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:25PM (#15886818)
Thank you for having gotten a license. I've given it a lot of thought and don't think there is a way to open source and become financially viable. See for instance https://fman.io/blog/why-fman-isnt-open-source/.