Personally I'd be fine with a commercial license with source available here... the issue isn't the price, it's the fact that you're asked to MITM every network connection you make under the control of a binary blob.
I think it's fair to ask that a developer choosing to build a thing that requires that kind of access should be expected to err on the side of transparency.
Personally I'd be fine with a commercial license with source available here... the issue isn't the price, it's the fact that you're asked to MITM every network connection you make under the control of a binary blob.
I think it's fair to ask that a developer choosing to build a thing that requires that kind of access should be expected to err on the side of transparency.
You mean “how can I donate?”
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch?tab=readme-ov-file#...
So... what if the maker can't make it on donations only?
Then development will stop and users don't have the software anymore.
If users consider this software important they should donate so they can keep using it.
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I've happily been a paid user on macOS for years, I would guess the number of paid users there was able to fund the Linux development.
open source / free software is not necessarily free as in free beer. You can sell GPL software.
Hunt, gather.
There was also toolmaker to support the hunter and gatherer… so… back to square one.
Working a job?