<story><title>GitUp makes Git painless</title><url>http://gitup.co/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cookiecaper</author><text>Although the GPL &lt;i&gt;allows&lt;/i&gt; authors to charge for software, it disposes of all legal copyright protections that make such charges practical. Charging for GPL software doesn&amp;#x27;t mean anyone will pay you, it just means that everyone will get the free builds from someone else, which is even less desirable than releasing free builds since you lose control of distribution. Look at Red Hat and CentOS for case in point.</text></item><item><author>baldfat</author><text>You don&amp;#x27;t need to make an application closed source to have in app purchases.&lt;p&gt;Look at mobaxterm [&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobaxterm.mobatek.net&amp;#x2F;license.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobaxterm.mobatek.net&amp;#x2F;license.html&lt;/a&gt;] It is licensed under GPL version 3.&lt;p&gt;It has a free version and a professional version which cost $69 per user. This does not break the GPL. You may already know this but it seems like a lot of developers think open source mean Free as in cost. [&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gnu.org&amp;#x2F;philosophy&amp;#x2F;selling.en.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gnu.org&amp;#x2F;philosophy&amp;#x2F;selling.en.html&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;p&gt;This is also the reason why I don&amp;#x27;t like the term Free Software since people usually think it is speaking about the cost.</text></item><item><author>swisspol</author><text>Anything can happen (I have a number of projects that are open-source, some other close-source), but the idea so far is to have a free app with an in-app purchase to unlock the advanced&amp;#x2F;pro feature.&lt;p&gt;I might make open-source some of the &amp;quot;Git toolkit&amp;quot; I built for this app, but it&amp;#x27;s too early to say.&lt;p&gt;The reason for expiring builds is that 1) it&amp;#x27;s pre-release, 2) it&amp;#x27;s a software intended for professional engineers and 3) the app is rapidly evolving, so I don&amp;#x27;t want to have people using old versions which may have bugs fixed since then: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.gitup.co&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;gitup-release-notes&amp;#x2F;16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.gitup.co&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;gitup-release-notes&amp;#x2F;16&lt;/a&gt;.</text></item><item><author>eric_h</author><text>&amp;gt; IMPORTANT: During Pre-Release, signing-up for a GitUp account allows you to enable advanced features (like rewriting commits), participate in the GitUp forums, access the &amp;quot;Continuous&amp;quot; build channel, and most importantly, show your support for the app and future developments!&lt;p&gt;Why do I need a GitUp account to enable rewriting commits?&lt;p&gt;Furthermore it looks like these prerelease builds expire. I&amp;#x27;m guessing the released software will be neither free nor open source.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zapt02</author><text>Yeah, Red Hat is really bleeding money from the all the lost sales caused by CentOS. I can&amp;#x27;t believe they only made a puny 1.53 billion dollar in revenue last year..
&amp;lt;&amp;#x2F;sarcasm&amp;gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;financials-statements.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;financials-statements.cfm&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>GitUp makes Git painless</title><url>http://gitup.co/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cookiecaper</author><text>Although the GPL &lt;i&gt;allows&lt;/i&gt; authors to charge for software, it disposes of all legal copyright protections that make such charges practical. Charging for GPL software doesn&amp;#x27;t mean anyone will pay you, it just means that everyone will get the free builds from someone else, which is even less desirable than releasing free builds since you lose control of distribution. Look at Red Hat and CentOS for case in point.</text></item><item><author>baldfat</author><text>You don&amp;#x27;t need to make an application closed source to have in app purchases.&lt;p&gt;Look at mobaxterm [&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobaxterm.mobatek.net&amp;#x2F;license.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mobaxterm.mobatek.net&amp;#x2F;license.html&lt;/a&gt;] It is licensed under GPL version 3.&lt;p&gt;It has a free version and a professional version which cost $69 per user. This does not break the GPL. You may already know this but it seems like a lot of developers think open source mean Free as in cost. [&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gnu.org&amp;#x2F;philosophy&amp;#x2F;selling.en.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gnu.org&amp;#x2F;philosophy&amp;#x2F;selling.en.html&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;p&gt;This is also the reason why I don&amp;#x27;t like the term Free Software since people usually think it is speaking about the cost.</text></item><item><author>swisspol</author><text>Anything can happen (I have a number of projects that are open-source, some other close-source), but the idea so far is to have a free app with an in-app purchase to unlock the advanced&amp;#x2F;pro feature.&lt;p&gt;I might make open-source some of the &amp;quot;Git toolkit&amp;quot; I built for this app, but it&amp;#x27;s too early to say.&lt;p&gt;The reason for expiring builds is that 1) it&amp;#x27;s pre-release, 2) it&amp;#x27;s a software intended for professional engineers and 3) the app is rapidly evolving, so I don&amp;#x27;t want to have people using old versions which may have bugs fixed since then: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.gitup.co&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;gitup-release-notes&amp;#x2F;16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.gitup.co&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;gitup-release-notes&amp;#x2F;16&lt;/a&gt;.</text></item><item><author>eric_h</author><text>&amp;gt; IMPORTANT: During Pre-Release, signing-up for a GitUp account allows you to enable advanced features (like rewriting commits), participate in the GitUp forums, access the &amp;quot;Continuous&amp;quot; build channel, and most importantly, show your support for the app and future developments!&lt;p&gt;Why do I need a GitUp account to enable rewriting commits?&lt;p&gt;Furthermore it looks like these prerelease builds expire. I&amp;#x27;m guessing the released software will be neither free nor open source.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Spivak</author><text>You know RedHat now controls the CentOS project right?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;red-hat-and-centos-join-forces&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;red-hat-and-ce...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>