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Are you thinking of releasing this under an open source license?
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2 Posted by Torey Heinz on 19 Mar, 2010 12:59 PM
Personally I would love it if they opened up the source code, but I am thinking it wouldn't be to their advantage to do so. They are doings some very unqiue things with Harmony that should probably remain closed.
Also, I think they have been working on this for a long time, and I really hope it pays off for them.
3 Posted by Elliott Pogue on 19 Mar, 2010 02:55 PM
That'd be pretty much the same as releasing Basecamp under an open source license. It's just not in their best interest as a company. John's been happy to share snippets, but the source as a whole, I'm sure, will remain closed.
Support Staff 4 Posted by Steve Smith on 19 Mar, 2010 02:59 PM
We love open source. Harmony itself runs on several pieces of open
source software. And we've already released parts of Harmony's tech
into the community. But as a whole, Harmony's code will be closed for
the forseeable future.
Believe us, we'll continue to contribute back to the community. We
couldn't have built Harmony without open source.
5 Posted by Mark Robinson on 19 Mar, 2010 03:01 PM
Ok, I was imagining something like http://expressionengine.com offering a core version open source or wordpress offering a Freemium hosted service.
6 Posted by John Nunemaker on 19 Mar, 2010 03:11 PM
Correct. We have no intions of open sourcing ever. That said we are
big believers and have already released several pieces of harmony (and
will continue to do so).
7 Posted by Mark Robinson on 19 Mar, 2010 03:19 PM
Ok, thanks. I mostly just don't want a hosted solution.
Steve Smith closed this discussion on 22 Mar, 2010 01:17 AM.