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Why isn't WindTerm fully open-sourced? #2238
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@kingToolbox hello, I have been using this application for several years now |
I apologize for not being able to reply to you promptly as I have been traveling and working outside. Thank you very much for your long-standing support. I have explained the reasons for not fully open-sourcing the code many times, and I am willing to explain the reasons to you again. Firstly, it was decided from the very beginning that this project would be partially open-sourced, and this was clearly stated in the Secondly, complete open-sourcing certainly has many advantages, especially in terms of having numerous contributors who can help fix issues and implement new features more quickly. However, this also requires the maintainer to continuously review the code. Particularly for a project like Furthermore, there are advantages to developing a project alone. All design ideas and implementations are very consistent, and long-term plans can be made for the tool. As long as the developer is highly skilled, the tool can still become an excellent one. While If I need a team, I also hope it would be an efficient local team that can communicate face-to-face. However, this requires sufficient financial support, which is not yet realistic for the completely free Finally, from a technical perspective, open tools are not limited to just open-sourcing the code. From the very beginning, many of |
I'm sorry I didn't see your explanation. I asked for your opinion to make it easier for you. Now it seems that you're right. I will always support you, windterm. Thank you for your contribution, thank you for your reply |
Thank you for providing such an excellent software. But I still hope you can continue to open source code so that we can compile and use WindTerm on more platforms (such as arm64 linux). |
Thank you for providing such an excellent software, and at the same time hope to be open source, using some other functions such as online synchronization and multi-platform use. |
@kingToolbox 你好,用了好几年这款应用了
我非常喜欢,但是不可避免的您一个人开发需要花费大量的精力
大佬的技术超级厉害这点没得说
但是不可避免的是一个人的精力有限,
是否考虑开源出来或者招募一些开发者多一些人一起维护
让WindTerm变得更加完美
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