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Title: It's a rare developer who relies on patronage Post by: HCK on November 09, 2015, 03:00:17 pm It's a rare developer who relies on patronage
<article> <section class="page"> <p> The Apple world has a rich history of free software and shareware that shaped its early years. Even before the Internet, the generosity of developers, some of whom had full-time jobs in academia or even wrote the software for their institution and had permission to release it, let us stretch our wings as Mac users.</p><p> While free software rarely had an obligation, shareware did: If you liked a product and wanted it to continue, donating a small amount to the creator would help justify her or his time in supporting and advancing it. In some cases, that led to large sums (https://books.google.com/books?id=KDwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=red+ryder+story+of+shareware&source=bl&ots=yF5tmNdJq0&sig=1T2zdZ8xzaXkgHsc91nAhDSnhL8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMI6cum-PnlyAIVAdZjCh1AQgeJ#v=onepage&q=red%20ryder%20story%20of%20shareware&f=false) that became the basis of entire companies. In others, developers decades later are still plying similar waters because of the ongoing appreciation of their software’s users.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2998829/mac-apps/its-a-rare-developer-who-relies-on-patronage.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: It's a rare developer who relies on patronage (http://www.macworld.com/article/2998829/mac-apps/its-a-rare-developer-who-relies-on-patronage.html#tk.rss_all) |