Software Business Model: Adopt A Line Of Code
from the for-just-the-price-of-a-cup-of-coffee... dept
A few different people have sent in this story about how the developers behind Miro, an open source video watching software, are experimenting with a different sort of business model to support the development of the software: adopt a line of code. It's a cute little gimmick, but it is a creative way to get some attention and give people an additional benefit for supporting the project. They even offer a little widget that you can use to show off the line of code you adopted. I'm not sure how well this will work longterm, since it's more about the gimmick than providing some sort of scarce value, but it's still worth noting.
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I'm sorry, your line of code was merged out. Try again.
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Interesting
And on the the bright side, no-one need pirate it, because it's 100% FREE so no commercial tie-ins or preference for specific codecs over others.
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Not only a gimmick...
Does it make sense, now?
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Hahaha
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*adopts line 32768*
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Lots of jokes about this
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patent lawsuits
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