tobs1701 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Would you ever consider uploading the source for your app to GitHub so other developers can make pull requests and contribute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 tobs1701 said Would you ever consider uploading the source for your app to GitHub so other developers can make pull requests and contribute? I can tell you, I think Jason does wish he had more help sometimes but I am pretty confident that he doesn't want to take LaunchBox down that route right now. I'm not answering for him, that is just my thought after working with him for a while now. He hasn't been on in a while, so I think he is currently in the process of moving, so he'll be back soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobs1701 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks, SentaiBrad. I look forward to hearing from Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi tobs, Brad's right, I just got done moving and I'm on for the first time tonight. Per Github/open sourcing LaunchBox, I've thought long and hard about whether I'd like to go that direction or not. I am still considering it for the long term future, but as for right now, I'm choosing not to release the source code. I have several concerns that are currently in conflict with releasing the source: - Releasing the source for LaunchBox Premium would allow for extremely easy circumvention of the licensing. The funds I'm receiving from purchases are relatively minimal, but they help me to re-coup some of the time I spend that I could be spending on billable projects (I have paying clients that are always competing for my time). - I very much enjoy taking in feedback from the LaunchBox community and implementing new features, but I don't think I would want to manage developers in an open source project. Every open source project needs management, and I don't currently desire to review the code of any number of developers to determine whether or not it deserves to end up in the final product. - As can easily happen with open source projects, I'm concerned about code bloat and feature bloat. I am generally very picky about what I implement in LaunchBox because I don't want to end up with a product that is bloated or confusing to use. Whether this is a legitimate concern or not, I don't know, but it is a genuine concern of mine. Regardless, this is something that I do re-evaluate on a regular basis. We may eventually get to the point where open-sourcing LaunchBox makes sense. Just out of curiosity, did you want to contribute to LaunchBox yourself? Curious about the code? Or were you just looking to get development going a bit quicker? Thanks, Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobs1701 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Just out of curiosity, did you want to contribute to LaunchBox yourself? Curious about the code? Or were you just looking to get development going a bit quicker? Curious, and wanted to see if contributing code would be an option. I code in .NET somewhat for a living and really enjoy old dos games; Launchbox seems like it would be a fun opportunity to contribute code somewhere public outside of work. Thanks for the explanation, and I hope your move went well! -Toby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi Jason But it will be cool that in the remote possibility (long, long in the future), if you stop developing Launchbox to have the door open to open source it. Regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Absolutely. I can promise that it will not be abandoned. If I ever choose to stop developing it (which I honestly doubt will happen for a very, very long time), I will open source it. So no worries from that front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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