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Originally Posted by eggheadbooks1
And for the record, I made a small contribution (what I could afford) to Sigil back when John was heading it, and there is a donate button on the new blog, so I'm confused by the claim that the developers actively discourage donations. If they don't want any donations, why the donate button?
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If you click the donate button, you'll see that it takes you to a page that say's "not currently available." Nor is there a paypal (or any other) link there. There's should be nothing confusing about the claim that the "developers actively discourage donations" because it's true. The fact that donations cannot currently be made is proof of it. The button is left because that could change in the future (or a developer could come on board who wants to recieve donations).
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Originally Posted by eggheadbooks1
I remember asking John why Sigil doesn't go commercial, and he told me it is simple economics: there isn't a large enough user base to make the venture viable. Sigil was created by, as someone said here, to scratch an itch. It's for professional conversion experts, and for people like me who think automated programs like Jutoh or Calibre are awful. But there simply isn't a sufficient market for anyone to quit their day job to pursue.
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It's even simpler than that. The original creator of Sigil wished it to remain free. That was one of the stipulations when he was looking for someone to take over maintainership (which turned out to be John). Though no such promise was required when Kevin and I took over, it's my intention to continue to honor the wishes of Valloric.
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Originally Posted by eggheadbooks1
The donate button is there (as it is on many open-source projects) because there is an unwritten contract between users and programmers that says one should pay at least something for the efforts of others, and that it is appreciated when the acknowledgement is made.
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There is no such contract between Sigil users and the current Sigil maintainers. Plain and simple. Use it or don't--just honor the license under which Sigil's released and we're square.