On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:48:06AM -0400, Russ Wright wrote:
> Hi All
>
> After a very pleasant chat with Robin Miller I've been considering
> opening the source code for my simple content management tool under the
> GPL. You can see it at www.webruss.net
>
> I'd like to ask my fellow developers, about their experiences in opening
> their source code and the results thereof.
>
> Also, as a developer, would you really send me any updates and changes
> you made?
Sure. Why wouldn't I? Why should I keep my Incredibly Brilliant
Patch(tm) to myself? ;-}
>
> I guess I'm concerned that someone will steal it and make it into their
> own product and start selling it.
>
Possible, but there isn't much advantage to that, if you're using the
GPL. Someone can sell the product (patched version, even), but they have
to include source.
Something else to allay your concerns: There are other content
management systems out there, and I don't know of any hijacking problems
with them. So I doubt you'd have any either.
Paul
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