What would it take to get developers to pay for something that is already freely available as open source?
- by plaureano
For example, I know that open-source versions of IL readers/writers exist such as Cecil, and Microsoft's (closed source) CCI. What would it take to get developers to pay for something that is already freely available?
I have always wanted to start my own ISV by writing my own tools and selling them in the open market, but it's hard to gauge the…