<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>I think if Pd was viable for many different users, it would be more attractive.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Commercial software is sometimes better quality than open source / free. Which can lend to better tools being developed for the platform since there’s a commercial incentive.</div><div class="">Wonder e.g. why the Max platform is more popular, even if its commercial. Commerciality isn’t stopping people from using it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Matti</div></div><div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">
On May 7, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Pagano, Patrick <<a href="mailto:pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu" class="">pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">So like you'd use like years and years and years of open source development for like your own personal gain? </div>
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On May 7, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Matti Viljamaa <<a href="mailto:mviljamaa@kapsi.fi" class="">mviljamaa@kapsi.fi</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="">I’ve been thinking about the feasibility of leveraging Pd as a development platform for commercial patches. Sort of like some (e.g. Twisted Tools) are using Reaktor for developing commercial-grade plug-ins.</span><br class="">
<span class="">But instead of Reaktor I could rather use Pd, because it’s a more open platform.</span><br class="">
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<span class="">But if the development is for commercial purposes, there would need to be some sort of mechanism for closing the source. Is this possible or something worth looking at?</span><br class="">
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