Hi Bill, 

Sure -- this has been asked before.  In fact, I wrote an article about the responsibilities developers and organizations have, regardless of if they utilize a closed or open source model in the C4L Journal back in 2012: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/6393.

In my case, it's been two things.  Until around 2006 or 2007, MarcEdit's code libraries were still largely written in assembly so there was very little interest.  But since migrating the code to something more accessible (C#),  I'd have to say that the main reason is that work on the project has, and continues to be, a hobby and avenue for me to pursue something that I happen to be quite passionate about.

--tr    

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Denton
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Native MarcEdit for MacOSX

On 6 April 2015, Terry Reese wrote:

> What I've offered is that I'd redo the application to provide a native 
> Mac App that is Mac-Native while still making use of the present 
> assembly code.  This of course requires a Mac of some kind -- and 
> since I'm not a Mac user, there it is.  From the users perspective, it should all be Mac-tastic.

I've always been curious, and now seems a good time to ask: I'm sure you've considered, and been asked about, releasing MarcEdit under a free software license, but decided against it.  Why?

Bill
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