The $10 "Free Forever" tier needs $15 donation for Mac? (Page 2 of 3)

I'm thinking very long-term here.  It's very possible that Windows may not actually be around by 2050 but Linux would (especially considering how much Linux is used everywhere else outside of PCs and Apple products).

Mystery, you make it sound like I expect them to develop SVP for the next 35 years, which I don't.

My point was that, if sometime in the future that that Windows goes the way of Blackberry and Nokia to the point that SVP is no longer developed for Windows but is still developed for other platforms, then the "forever free" isn't really as forever as the description makes it out to be.

The software they have right now, as well as its updates, will be forever free.

If they need to rewrite the whole thing, then it's up to them how they're going to do it.

For me there's no confusion there.

This campaign is mostly for rewriting the manager, not the core itself.

SVP is written for AviSynth. Doing anything for VLC or Mac means rewriting the whole thing from scratch. I wouldn't expect anyone to do that for free; but they can dive into this project if they feel inclined to.

Reading the updates, I can see how some people can feel frustration that they're donating money for the continuation of the development of a free software (over $17k total), and that as a result of the success of the campaign, some components would transition into being paid... "Windows Full" and "MacOS"

Originally it was about the manager.

Rewriting the engine itself only came into the discussion later on when exploring Linux and MacOS options.

Uh, SVPflow is not SVP Manager.

The rewrite is only for the Manager, not SVPflow itself. SVPflow is Avisynth plugin. Avisynth is frameserver and only for Windows.

If the devs to write the SVPflow in Linux and Mac, it's same as write new frameserver so it can support the SVPflow as the plugin, and then after that they can write the Manager.
See the steps?

If anyone can think it's really easy to write a frameserver from scratch, uh, go ahead, please by any means do it
(oh, there is Avxsynth, the Linux port of Avisynth )

Looks like it's time to add a stretch goal.
Main developer need mac. So if we'll reach $19999 Chainik will finally be able to test new release in native enviroment 

Mystery
But what about the Windows Full version?

what about it?

Nintendo Maniac 64
closed source and costing money?  Blasphemy!

SolidWorks, AutoCad, AutoDeskInventor, etc are blasphemies too?

I don't understand why closed source is controversial. It's not like the users that write the codes.
Even if the source is opened to public. Mostly users aren't coders, so will it be useful?
In industry, it's more logical to pay for software that you only use it, when there's something critical happened, you can always sue the developers (With reason of business disruption etc )

Oh, btw, spvflow is GPL, feel FREE to make use of it fully

It's quite simple really. SVP was made as a hobby by amateur programmers. They're making the transition into rebuilding it professionally. This means increased costs, more time involved, and much more active development.

If you prefer to keep the hobby software, it will still remain available.

Chainik wouldn't leave his well-paid job to give months of his time for free, but if it can become a sustainable source of income, then that means we'll see much more active development.