 Re: [week 49] Did Mambo became too commercial?
The discussion started to get slightly off-topic with my post I think, more "how much should be charged" opinions than about the original subject.. mea culpa.
Let me sum up my opinion once more:
Mambo can be used in two ways: for smaller, personal, community sites which are self-developped and have no/very small resources to buy stuff (commercial CMTs). For these sites, I believe there should be a "non-profit" licence of the CMTs.
Used for commercial sites, it's the clients budget.
The developper has to consider if
a) he can code the requiered functionality into the CMS,
b) a free CMT (component/module/template, just in case..) exists and is bug-free/stable/advanced/... enough to do the job
c) he'll save time and efforts and buy a commercial CMT which fullfills the requierements, if there is one..
d) he commissions a commercial CMT which is custom-made for the specific clients needs
If a), will this then be a new commercial component (more $ for the dev')?
If b), will there be an investment by donating to support it and stimulate the future developement..?
If c), how good will support be? What happens if the client later demands feature changes/additions to this part of the site?
If d), what will be the licence of this CMT?
There's no need to discuss licensing details, as there are many threads both here and over at the official forums about this.. |