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Harming paid apps is a plus.
The headline is terribly written click-bait that doesn’t have much to do with the reality of the situation. This is just another case of an open source dev backing off of a project because they’ve busy with life.
Fork it keep it going
Go for it 👍
i see bourbon in our future
I do too! But I am an alcoholic. Which thread is this?
The “Paid app” he is referring to is wine for anyone too lazy to read the article
CrossOver actually. Which is a paid packaging for wine, with a per-program configuration, kinda like Bottles…but paid. There’s a load of quotes directly from the CrossOver parent company CEO…
for anyone too lazy to read the article
Um, well considering the paid app mentioned in the article is CrossOver not wine, ig that includes you too lol (though, CrossOver does contribute back to Wine, still can’t trust them long term because profit…)
I have never understood this attitude in the open source community. You’ll mouth off all day about how profit is bad, but so many projects can only survive with the backing of invested companies. You’re chasing the perfect at the expense of the good. Would Wine even exist today without CrossOver? I think no.
Yes, it was hyperbole, but saying “CodeWeavers does contribute back” is really downplaying it, many, if not most of the wine development is done by CodeWeavers employees (including Alexandre Julliard). Mac users buying crossover was pretty much the main economic driver turning the gears of wine for the 10-15 years before Valve started sponsoring it as well.
still can’t trust them long term because profit
The company is an employee owned trust (co-op) if that lessens the blow
