Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-22 Thread bern...@bernardhulsman.nl
Domas Mituzas wrote: > Hi Bernard, > > I think you should go entirely closed-source, and close yourself up in a > bunker without internet. > I just thought you may want to hear another opinion. > > Domas Domas, this will come to a different stage. What happened to me was abuse of my positive tru

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread John Meyer
On 1/21/2010 3:03 PM, Madison Kelly wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: >> Hi! >> >>>We, as members of the open source community, would do well to wish >>> him luck. Every one of us reflects the community, and snarky remarks >>> make the community look childish. I would have preferred it become open

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread Madison Kelly
Domas Mituzas wrote: > Hi! > >> We, as members of the open source community, would do well to wish >> him luck. Every one of us reflects the community, and snarky remarks >> make the community look childish. I would have preferred it become open >> source; Not because I plan to use it but bec

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi! > We, as members of the open source community, would do well to wish > him luck. Every one of us reflects the community, and snarky remarks > make the community look childish. I would have preferred it become open > source; Not because I plan to use it but because I want the community to

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread Madison Kelly
Domas Mituzas wrote: > Hi Bernard, > > I think you should go entirely closed-source, and close yourself up in a > bunker without internet. > I just thought you may want to hear another opinion. > > Domas Domas, Having run a business myself for >10 years, I can understand where Bernard is

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi Bernard, I think you should go entirely closed-source, and close yourself up in a bunker without internet. I just thought you may want to hear another opinion. Domas ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimed

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-21 Thread bern...@bernardhulsman.nl
Hy Platonics, Thank you very much for your reply. I have used you reply to create a new thread "Please convince me to make my software open source (3)" Your contribution is very valuable to me to me for making this important decision. With regard Bernard Platonides wrote: > Bernard wrote: >

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-20 Thread Platonides
Bernard wrote: > Or a competitor can create the same kind of > SAAS solution but more cheap because I have the costs, and the > competitor the profit. If the competitor doesn't innovate, he will be just copying your version, unable to provide the new features the client wants. > Credits > If I

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-20 Thread Q
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > So its boils down to me : > *Is a Open Source license solid, reliable. Yes > *Do I really get the credits. You will always own the copyright of your work unless you hand it over. Offering your code under an Open Source license is not giving tha

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-20 Thread Madison Kelly
bern...@bernardhulsman.nl wrote: > Thank you for all your responce on my previous thread. There were very > valuable to me. Most of all I do like you all respected my conditions. > There was even a responce to warn me I should not make my propriety > software Open Source because then I could not

[Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source (2)

2010-01-20 Thread bern...@bernardhulsman.nl
Thank you for all your responce on my previous thread. There were very valuable to me. Most of all I do like you all respected my conditions. There was even a responce to warn me I should not make my propriety software Open Source because then I could not earn any money from my extension. That ki