[TxMt] Re: Do I have to pay for the final TM 2 license key?

[Melton Low (app)]

+1

I share your sentiment.

Ken Snyder wrote:
> Guys, this is a really nice list please try and be respectful to 
> others on it. I think Kafi has been a unfairly treated ... I won't 
> name names but if you could find it in yourself to drop him an email 
> -- off the list preferably -- to apologise I think that would be very 
> responsible thing to do.
>
> Kafi, I think what you're running into in your comments is a growing 
> concern from parts of the software development community in this rapid 
> "race to zero" where consumers price expectations keep on being 
> lowered and a developers hard work and skills are often undervalued. 
>  This is shame and doesn't have to be an outcome of OpenSource 
> movement but its a real sensitivity and when we're wearing our 
> "consumer hat" I think we all should try and support people who are 
> doing great things. The old adage "nothing is truly free" is an 
> important word of warning, especially when you site examples like 
> Chrome, Android, Open Office, and Java you're talking about efforts 
> that are being supported with a lot money from corporate entities who 
> in many cases are intentionally sabotaging competitors margins. This 
> isn't a self-sustaining system but rather a system that is propped up 
> by corporate interests and the costs to consumers /are/ there they are 
> just hidden.
>
> Anyway, I will say I'm sorry by the way you were treated but also that 
> I understand some of the poorly expressed sentiment. I for one think 
> what Allan has produced is outstanding and I will be paying for it 
> even if I don't have to.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On 18 July 2013 20:35, kafi <kkaaffii at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kkaaffii at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Chris Knight wrote
>     > Why should anyone write software and give it away for you to use
>     for free?
>
>
>     Go to the project website of Android, Open Office, GIMP, Chrome,
>     Truecrypt,
>     7Zip, Apache web server, Java, etc. and read why these softwares
>     are free to
>     use. Maybe then you will learn about a great philosophy.
>
>
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