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In the last weeks I was thinking about open sourcing my modular framework. So far I kept it closed source and got some money if somebody used it in commercial projects. But I’m not very happy with this solution as it costs quite an effort to use a commercial framework.

That why I though it would be better to distribute it for free and open source.  My major problem is that I spent many hours in developing modular and earning some money to redeem would be great. So to help me making a decision I made my own list of advantages for going open source;

Advantages:

• everybody can use it for free.
• can use open source platforms for advertising.
• other programmers may join the development.
• higher possibility for viral marketing without to much effort.
• same level with other open source frameworks. No “why should I paid for this” questions.
• ?maybe? get some money by donations
• possibility to sell commercial modules to companies.

I’m wondering if there is somebody with experience with donations? Does this really work? Or maybe other inputs for changing to open source? Just let me know…