7 Apr
2013
7 Apr
'13
11:58 p.m.
Quoting Rich Wales richw@richw.org:
Replying to Charles Marcus:
https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync Note the contents of the license file:
Quite bizarre. So the author of the program is selling it for 50 EUR, but at the same time he has released the latest version of the source (the same as what he's selling) via a free licence. (!?!)
- There's no guarantee that what's on github is the most recent
version of the software. - There's no guarantee that any future improvements will be released
as open source (as opposed to guaranteed lifetime updates). - Looks like at least a windows compiled version of the script is provided.
These are all common tactics for releasing open source code while
maintaining value-added perks to aid in funding the software
development.
michael