If they are fine with paying, why then they do not pay?
Amount of donations on this page: http://nginx.org/en/donation.html is really suck.
I just donated 20 dollars. Nginx is a really excellent example of how to do concurrency correctly imo, and I think they deserve a lot more.
Did you pay more for your text editor?
I use vim, so no. Also Bram Moolenaar works for Google so I don't think he needs my money.
Re:Nginx Plus
by andreypopp on Thursday August 22, 2013 @08:25PM
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Of course he needs your money — it will be used to help children in Uganda — http://www.vim.org/sponsor/index.php
Valid point :-) I think they'd be wise to sell access to the source for more money again. Certainly lots of organizations are keen to access that for safety.
Re:Nginx Plus
by icebraining on Saturday August 24, 2013 @06:11PM
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Granting access to the source is not the same as having an Open Source license (assuming we're using the OSI definition).
What about the people who are fine with paying? Where can they get an open source version of Plus?
Pretty sure buying proprietary software is not part of the "ethos". Well, maybe of the open source ethos, but certainly not part of the Free Software one.