Open Source

[billfaceuk]

I have read and seen a lot about this but how many of you would make all your program open source???

[anoop007]

Open source is good for some apps.

I am making all my apps (the ones that are worth calling apps) open source. But we can't make certain software open source - applications that deal with encryption, like e-Diary

So it has its limitations.

[parksie]

Originally posted by anoop007
Open source is good for some apps.

I am making all my apps (the ones that are worth calling apps) open source. But we can't make certain software open source - applications that deal with encryption, like e-Diary

So it has its limitations.

Security through obscurity is not security. Encryption programs benefit from being open-source because then all the people that really are genii can make your code better. PGP has the source available, but it's not open-source.

[HarryW]

I would do the open-source thing, but not necessarily all the time. It's not really to do with the size of the project. From a business point of view, how do you make money out of writing open source software?

[anoop007]

Parksie.. Thats a good point you made there!

And Harry.. why not make source code available for a price
and let your application free?

[Radar]

Open source is okay for hobbyists and toy programs,
but the stuff that keeps food on my table and helps to
pay my way in society needs to stay mine

[anoop007]

Very True!