You can't make money from free soft-

>you can't make money from free soft-
github.com/aseprite/aseprite
aseprite is the most popular pixel art program, you are free to compile it from github at no cost but 99% artists are not tech literate enough to know that yet alone compile it so they buy it from main site or Steam

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>Issues: 700
What?

How does a program that makes colored squares have this many problems?

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It's not free software though. The license prohibits redistribution.

>tfw I contributed to Aseprite project

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Can someone explain to me whether Richard Stallman would agreed with this project's thing here? What's his email?

that means you're a sucker

Any big project has a lot of issue tickets.

[email protected]

github.com/aseprite/aseprite/releases
Ladies and gentlemen the secret to making money in opensource is selling the binaries and not the source code.

desu compiling open source stuff can be pain in the ass, getting the build environment set up can be tricky unless you're on linux or something with a proper package manager

I can answer that for you.
github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/master/EULA.txt

> You may only compile and modify the source code of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for your own personal purpose or to propose a contribution to the SOFTWARE PRODUCT

>scary allcaps
Try and stop me nigger

Its definitions so that they wont get fucked over in court i think.
In any case stallman would hate it because you can't republish the code as your own project.

they give step-by-step instructions, it's not like you have to come up with shit by yourself. Some people just don't want to bother and rather pay, that's perfectly fine.

>assprite

Great, I'll provide binaries on my server immediately and undercut the developers.

And actually I can't do that because this is "source available" proprietary software.
Lying OP.

I have an old version of aseprite that I prefer in terms of workflow/UI

>what is Libresprite

just use the aur

like what others said, doesn't actually look like free software. still, I think you are right in that you could sell free software and still make money just because not everyone knows how to use a computer

software hippies btfo

maybe they want or even have to support the guy to publish their work
that is usually how it works with professionals: they get fucked up big time with software license they use to create their artwork

>fork asperite
>call it asperite pro
>start fixing issues faster than maintainers and patch the main branch changes.
>obfuscate the code with a tool
>upload code to github
>make site offering asperite pro double the amount of money the others ask
>appletards and wintards get wet
>???
>profit
see ya later virgins.

>violates EULA

The GPL prohibits obfuscation.
Besides, that situation is the free market at work. Anyone that isn't a braindead commie should be happy about it.

You could do that with the last GPL version of aseprite. Please do actually, we could use an alternative to the proprietary version.

how tf do you compile shit from github tho?

word, no compile instructions in the repo

Nvm, I found it, read INSTALL.md

Should just charge half-price instead and not do any actual work.

Should've been /thread

Digital should not be paid for

>commie
charging for digital distribution is communist - see Karl Marx' labor theory of value. You are the communist if you think the creator charging for this is acceptable

So this software is for fucking faggots is what OP is trying to imply

>fork on github
>project already has appveyor setup, so just logon appveyor and have it compile for you
That's it.

THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF THIS BOARD

Really popular projects get shitload of retard tickets and of real tickets that the maintainers just can't or don't care to close

Krita does something similar for Windows builds, and it's GPLv3

From the EULA
>(c) Prohibition on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly.
Whats the point of prohibiting decompilation when they give the source code?

>because you can't republish the code as your own project.
That's the MIT license.

It looks like their eula is a piece of garbage
>Without prejudice to any other rights, the Licensor may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT in your possession.
According to their eula you can't even fork the code.

You can watch movies at the electronic store or at your aunts for free but instead folk use netflix.
You can listen to music for free on the radio but still people pay for spotify.
You can use CentOS but people buy RedHat

Convenience is worth a lot of money

>You can watch movies at the electronic store or at your aunts for free but instead folk use netflix.
>You can listen to music for free on the radio but still people pay for spotify.
It's about choosing what you want.

>You can use CentOS but people buy RedHat
Ever heard of compliance?

>compile it from github at no cost
Have you tied doing that?
It doesn't, and keep failing to do so.

Pity building stuff on Windows is a pain in the ass because it isn't an OS with devs in mind...

I would have tried that bit of software for the lolz but now that I know it isn't really free software...

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How does it compare with GrapX2 (GPL)?
grafx2.chez.com/

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Open source != Free software