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minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI don’t think you’ve really thought this through. If you force a company to continue support they will just give it a stupid price tag. “Sure we will continue to support this $250k microscope, if you would like us to write a windows 11 client for you that will cost $1m.”
minus-squareVeraxus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoThat sort of thing already happens in the enterprise world. If it gets maintained because a customer wants to pay for that entirely, it happens. But if they abandon it, even unintentionally, then it needs to become public domain.
I don’t think you’ve really thought this through.
If you force a company to continue support they will just give it a stupid price tag. “Sure we will continue to support this $250k microscope, if you would like us to write a windows 11 client for you that will cost $1m.”
That sort of thing already happens in the enterprise world. If it gets maintained because a customer wants to pay for that entirely, it happens.
But if they abandon it, even unintentionally, then it needs to become public domain.