Am 25.07.2010 17:35, schrieb Louigi Verona:
Which brings us to the point of basically saying that some software
seems to better off if it is proprietary.
Some software tends to be better and faster developed, if the developers
are paid money to do the work. Enough money to make a living that is.
So if you want to see free software developed as fast and professional
as the (better part of) proprietary software is developed, just raise
some funds to pay people to do the work fulltime...
Right?
On 7/25/10, Paul Davis<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:00 AM, David Baron<d_baron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Going gpl does not preclude selling finish products.
No, it doesn't. But it does create strong downward price pressure. If
there a market for product at price P, then there is a market for it a
price (P-1). Releasing under the GPL allows anyone who buys it at P
can resell at P-1. But if there is a market for it at P-1, then there
is a market for it at price P-2. the GPL allows anyone who buys it at
P-1 (or P) to resell at P-2. and so on, all the way down to P-P = 0.
This has less impact for companies like RedHat, where there is a
strong support market. It also has less impact on companies making s/w
that is a pain in the neck to install, even in pre-compiled form (e.g.
embedded systems) or that has very specific h/w requirements.
But audio plugins don't fit either category. The support needs are
pretty minimal, and the whole point of them is to be (a) easy to
install (b) avoiding any special h/w (this is why h/w dongles make
their use such a pain for some people). They have the additional
problem of *appearing* to be small and presumably simple little chunks
of code, which devalues them in the eyes of a pretty large section of
the user base. Very specialized plugins can have more apparent value,
and users who understand the complexities of creating a really good
digital (say) filter might also value the work.
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