Hi there
My current projects are around BVAD3, an open source project powered by both B4x and BANano.
Yes I want to make money from the work I do for clients however what I am also passionate about is being able to plough back to b4x and BANano creators for the awesome work they do, the freeware / open source products they did to make this possible. That was the plan from day 1 when I started working with ABM, then BANano and when the b4x strategies also changed to open source, that has been the driving force and yes I am not ploughing back like how I would love to. Being un-employed for a couple of years can be very challenging and then b4x has been a source of life changing decisions and life enhancements. Anyway...
The current story of faker.js and the phone call I got today also got me thinking. One con of using open source software is risk, because anything can happen. This is even more emphasized when there is just 1 person working on it, with the single knowledge of it, lack of documentation etc etc, the list is long. I know very well I am in this boat.
Also can one develop Vuetify based apps outside of BANano / b4x eco-systems? Definately yes, on condition that ones learns VueJS.
Each time I am asked about BVAD3 documentation I refer people to the Vuetify website as BVAD3 is just a wrapper for Vuetify. This is all well and good, but there are functionalities in BVAD3 that go beyond Vuetify but touch on BANano and other things. Question is, what do I sacrifice? Create documentation for free or work on that client project? Can I do both? How do I avoid burn out? How do I settle debts? Pay school fees etc etc? All from open source!!!? Highly unlikely.
Reading this story makes one appreciate once more the dedication, time, finances, put on open source projects done. The other part is what covid did to shift everything else around us and changed our lives forever. I read with interest how John, the creator of Vuetify, resigned from work to fully concentrate on Vuetify. He has sponsors to help sustain life and other things. Same with Evan, creator of VueJS. John has made his licensing to be "whatever", make commercial products from his open source, do whatever you want. That takes guts.
When I read about Vuesax, a beautiful VueJS framework, the licensing issue also came into fore. The thing is, people invest a lot of time and energy into creating open source tools, which help other people to sustain themselves, but the important question is do those people "plough / harvest back to the originator?"
With that in mind, thank you so much to everyone here who spends time creating open source tools to help others realize their dreams.
Commiting to plough back. We all should.
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My current projects are around BVAD3, an open source project powered by both B4x and BANano.
Yes I want to make money from the work I do for clients however what I am also passionate about is being able to plough back to b4x and BANano creators for the awesome work they do, the freeware / open source products they did to make this possible. That was the plan from day 1 when I started working with ABM, then BANano and when the b4x strategies also changed to open source, that has been the driving force and yes I am not ploughing back like how I would love to. Being un-employed for a couple of years can be very challenging and then b4x has been a source of life changing decisions and life enhancements. Anyway...
The current story of faker.js and the phone call I got today also got me thinking. One con of using open source software is risk, because anything can happen. This is even more emphasized when there is just 1 person working on it, with the single knowledge of it, lack of documentation etc etc, the list is long. I know very well I am in this boat.
Also can one develop Vuetify based apps outside of BANano / b4x eco-systems? Definately yes, on condition that ones learns VueJS.
Each time I am asked about BVAD3 documentation I refer people to the Vuetify website as BVAD3 is just a wrapper for Vuetify. This is all well and good, but there are functionalities in BVAD3 that go beyond Vuetify but touch on BANano and other things. Question is, what do I sacrifice? Create documentation for free or work on that client project? Can I do both? How do I avoid burn out? How do I settle debts? Pay school fees etc etc? All from open source!!!? Highly unlikely.
Reading this story makes one appreciate once more the dedication, time, finances, put on open source projects done. The other part is what covid did to shift everything else around us and changed our lives forever. I read with interest how John, the creator of Vuetify, resigned from work to fully concentrate on Vuetify. He has sponsors to help sustain life and other things. Same with Evan, creator of VueJS. John has made his licensing to be "whatever", make commercial products from his open source, do whatever you want. That takes guts.
When I read about Vuesax, a beautiful VueJS framework, the licensing issue also came into fore. The thing is, people invest a lot of time and energy into creating open source tools, which help other people to sustain themselves, but the important question is do those people "plough / harvest back to the originator?"
With that in mind, thank you so much to everyone here who spends time creating open source tools to help others realize their dreams.
Commiting to plough back. We all should.

Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects
The sabotaged versions produce an endless string of illegible text.

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