Re:Nullboard: Kanban board in a single HTML file
by barnabee on Friday December 20, 2024 @03:12PM
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Thanks for taking the time to think about these things upfront rather than just cynically chasing money like 99% of paid/monetised apps out there.
It will greatly increase the attractiveness of your software to me if you stick to the philosophy you’ve outlined there.
One approach that I’ve seen and have absolutely no issues with (in fact I think it’s a pretty smart way of doing things) is where a fully open source project provides code and releases on GitHub and in package managers like Homebrew, but also publishes releases as paid software on app stores.
This allows users to pay for the peace of mind of a “verified” app store install that Just Works. It also provides an easy way for the more technical among us to donate. I’ve switched to paid releases like this myself for a least a couple of fully open source projects just to give a little back.
It will greatly increase the attractiveness of your software to me if you stick to the philosophy you’ve outlined there.
One approach that I’ve seen and have absolutely no issues with (in fact I think it’s a pretty smart way of doing things) is where a fully open source project provides code and releases on GitHub and in package managers like Homebrew, but also publishes releases as paid software on app stores.
This allows users to pay for the peace of mind of a “verified” app store install that Just Works. It also provides an easy way for the more technical among us to donate. I’ve switched to paid releases like this myself for a least a couple of fully open source projects just to give a little back.