Christoph Hormann wrote:
> Interesting.
> 
> But i have to say i don't completely get it.  If making it open source 
> makes sense for you economically why the fund raising?

It's more a matter of making sense logistically -- open source lets me 
move into a more administrative role vs. day-to-day engineering.

The fund raising covers the public's purchase of the intellectual 
properties plus some post-release work and support that will need to be 
provided for devs, new users and existing users. Plus I want to code 
comment and furnish the design docs to a professional level. I don't 
want this turning into a repeat of HF-Lab/HLA/KLevel.


>  Will you not 
> open source it when you don't get enough donations?

You mean "if" right? The future isn't written yet.

But if it happens, the matter will just remain undecided. However, the 
donation pool can only increase, even if slowly. The code won't go 
anywhere, it will just wait until the target is met. That's one reason 
25% of sales are given to the funding -- it guarantees that the fund 
will grow (even if not at a breakneck pace.)

There is obviously some degree of faith involved. But I have faith. I 
don't think getting, e.g., a mere 10,000 people to donate a mere $20 
each is beyond the reach of modern civilization.

Ray

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