The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders

Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by sokoloff on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:55AM (#25158939)

That cost is measured in dollars and in friction, not just dollars. There’s no software that I won’t pay $25 for if it helps my work. There’s some software that I’ll pay $100 for. It’s again difficult in the $100.01 to $1000 range and opens up again over that (only if the value is there of course).

It’s fair to assume that slightly different purchasing approvals are needed in the buckets above. In all cases, I’m making an RoI calculation and a return-on-effort calculation.

$0 and not AGPL hits a sweet spot on both RoI and RoE.

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Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by dalke on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:40PM (#25164051)

The software was in the $25K+ range. It's a rather different market, and different sales techniques -- made harder because my FOSS-only distribution model meant I couldn't distribute an evaluation version with more restrictive licensing.

The non-FOSS pricing is cheaper, but still in the $10K range. My last sale took about 15 months from start to finish.

FWIW, I got strong feedback that people wouldn't buy it with GPL licensing. It's library software designed to be embedded wherever you need it, so I can understand that.

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