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

[Marc Chanliau]

@ Jason McC. Smith
I was with you until you said "I would also put forth that of those free
projects you listed... you definitely got what you paid for.  (Open Office?
 Really? That's your example?  Jeez.  Bad clone of a bad office suite.)"
Not a nice comment. People put a lot of effort in that. They may not be as
good as you think you are, but in this case, you may want to contribute to
that project to make it better!


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jason McC. Smith <jason at ncpod.org> wrote:

> Does it have value to you?  Then pay for it.  Don't be a cheapskate.  Have
> you *ever* donated money to an open source project?  Time?  Code?
>
> No?
>
> Then you're just a parasite.  Support the projects that matter to you, one
> way or another, or stop whining that you're not getting something for free.
>
> Better yet, learn the difference between 'free as in beer' and 'free as in
> speech'.  Open source uses both philosophies, sometimes one, sometimes the
> other, sometimes both.  Here, I'll even do the work for you, since you seem
> to place so little value on it:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
>
> I would also put forth that of those free projects you listed... you
> definitely got what you paid for.  (Open Office?  Really?  That's your
> example?  Jeez.  Bad clone of a bad office suite.)
>
> Use TextMate, don't use it, I don't care... but for god's sake, don't
> whine that Allan put the source code out there for you to modify to fit
> your own needs, it just looks ridiculous.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:03 PM, kafi <kkaaffii at gmail.com> 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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