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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by boca_honey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:46PM (#46723474)
Irrelevance. The moment you paywall a project, it’s a death sentence. Unless you have a unique and highly sought-after product (top 1%), someone else will just make a free alternative.
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by direwolf20 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:56PM (#46723612)
Some projects were successful at charging for custom work and special support — sqlite for instance.
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by boca_honey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:01PM (#46723656)
Exactly, that's an example of a top 1% project. It even has a detailed Wikipedia article in 35 languages. That model won't fly with small to medium-sized, regular projects.
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by SoftTalker on Thursday January 22, 2026 @03:28PM (#46724721)
If you have just thrown the code out there, in case someone can use it, then who cares? If it's not something you intend to spend more time on, what difference does it make?
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Re:We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste o... by snowmobile on Friday January 23, 2026 @06:44AM (#46731355)
Well yes, but that accomplishes the goal of not working for free. Either you get money for your work, or your users move on, freeing you of the burden of supporting the software.
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