If crumb is free and open to community suggestions, why not make the product open source? It would allow developers to more directly contribute to improvements and respect user's software freedoms.
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Fractomedus
Jul 09, 2023
Dude... CRUMB is really really cheap... and you want to make it for free? It should works like Minecraft. People should have the possibility to create their mods if they bought CRUMB. I really need servos and motors in CRUMB or workspace on Steam at least so people can add their custom components such servos or motors
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Stormie
Jun 22, 2023
I think it's a paid program so it would basically made it free if it was open source. Just my opinion and a theory
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bndr
Sep 12, 2022
Perhaps the author would consider opening up just enough that the community can contribute the code to add elements to the parts catalog, as that seems the most critical.
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Cody Thompson
Aug 26, 2022
Some people like to keep their personal projects, personal.
I see no fault of that. This is Mike's project, and if he would like to work on it himself, as opposed to letting other people modify his code, that's his choice.
As a programmer, I do generally open source 90% of things I make, but I definitely have a few projects that I keep to myself.
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Stone Gray
Aug 19, 2022
I agree, this seems like a product that would be open source. Seeing stuff in the planned section on the development page made me want to contribute as some of it is *right* up my alley. There are many examples of apps that are paid to download, but have source code available to allow community contributions. Some examples are Tampermonkey ($1.99), Cyberduck ($23.99), Cryptomator ($11.99), MarkText ($2.99) or FSNotes ($4.99)
Dude... CRUMB is really really cheap... and you want to make it for free? It should works like Minecraft. People should have the possibility to create their mods if they bought CRUMB. I really need servos and motors in CRUMB or workspace on Steam at least so people can add their custom components such servos or motors
I think it's a paid program so it would basically made it free if it was open source. Just my opinion and a theory
Perhaps the author would consider opening up just enough that the community can contribute the code to add elements to the parts catalog, as that seems the most critical.
Some people like to keep their personal projects, personal.
I see no fault of that. This is Mike's project, and if he would like to work on it himself, as opposed to letting other people modify his code, that's his choice.
As a programmer, I do generally open source 90% of things I make, but I definitely have a few projects that I keep to myself.
I agree, this seems like a product that would be open source. Seeing stuff in the planned section on the development page made me want to contribute as some of it is *right* up my alley. There are many examples of apps that are paid to download, but have source code available to allow community contributions. Some examples are Tampermonkey ($1.99), Cyberduck ($23.99), Cryptomator ($11.99), MarkText ($2.99) or FSNotes ($4.99)