Robbert Latumahina wrote: > Atte Andre Jensen wrote: > >> I think an important aspect is if you see you self ready to deliver as a >> one-developer company. >> >> Renoise is developed by a group of developers, and came from (some kind >> of) opensource that got serious/commercial at one point. >> >> EnergyXT started as a single developer, closed source project, and has >> now evolved into a company with more than one person. >> >> Renoise development is going well, users are happy, the application is >> stable and a logical roadmap is laid out based on input from users >> (including polls). >> >> EnergyXT development is a mess. The application is not very stable, >> users are flaming the developers at the forum for not listening, and >> many users are switching away. >> >> I bought both, so for me it's not about the money (what is 50 euros, >> anyways?), but I think you'd have an easier time with an opensource >> application, especially if you manage to build a development team and a >> user base over time. >> >> > Thanks for your input! > > As this is my pet project I do want to keep complete control over > development and also keeping the code as compact as possible. Keeping it > closed source would secure that for me, that's really the main reason. > > The other (not that important) reason is that I code this in my > lunchbreak (and when bored and nobody is looking) via remotedesktop. And > putting in more hours is not really possible except working less and get > paid for the software. If there's a opensource way around it I would do it. > > Still, I have given myself a year to get to a workable version and in > the mean time I will decide how to release it. > > If you use GPL software, your software should also be GPL. Do you think you can maintain such an app on your own? \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
