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

[Bob Hartung]

Wow!  So much heat and no light.  The cost of TextMate is peanuts compared going out to dinner and the beneficial results are far longer lasting.

Or you could just go out an pay several hundred dollars or more for some other word processor.

My $0.02

Bob 
----- "Chris Knight" <cpk.stealth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Take a look at the license agreements for the Qt cross-platform 
> programming library.  To use it commercially you must by licensing
> from Digia (formerly Nokia and before that Trolltech) and
> non-commecial use can use what is provided by the Qt-Project.  
> 
> Qt is used by literally hundreds of applications including some pretty
> big ones such as KDE.  Having to pay for a commercial license on
> open-source software is not new.   
> 
> Here is a question for you.  Why should anyone write software and give
> it away for you to use for free? 
> 
> 
> On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:03 PM, kafi wrote:
> 
> > Just because Im using an open source software does not mean I need
> to pay for
> > it. I have been using Open Office for personal projects for the last
> couple
> > of years without paying anything.
> > 
> > Android, CHROME, Eclipse, GIMP, TrueCrypt, Open Office, LWJGL, and
> hundreds
> > of other popular open source projects are simply FREE. 
> > 
> > Maybe you are implying that you are putting more works in TM than
> these
> > other projects?!!
> > 
> > Here is the question for you, give me one example of a popular open
> source
> > software, where I need to purchase license key for non-commercial
> personal
> > use.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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