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Re: [femm] Free answers
David,
Don't listen to Graham carry on doing it for fun - there's not many of us
left!
Keith.
At 19:00 30/04/01 -0700, you wrote:
Hi David,
Well, first and foremost... thanks for
doing this, thanks for the free software, and thanks for tolerating lay
people like me on your email list :)
One of my suggestions was going to be
the sale of a frame animator for FEMM... for a fee. I don't think it's
fair that anyone expects you to do any more work on FEMM than you already
have done. Given the complexity of giving FEMM iterative capability, some
reimbursal might be worth your time if you choose to attack the problem
from any angle. Probably just a pittance, in real terms, but I still
think it's worth mentioning.
You're right about the benefits of free
disclosure and open source. It's just a shift from personal benefit to a
more global benefit. You probably have the Tera Analysis (Quickfield)
people up in arms. You, and FEMM, could be their best kept
secret!
Would there be any value to you, even
as a warm fuzzy, in spreading FEMM more widely? I know that supporting
the software can be a sore point, and this may be reason to keep it
small... but everyone I have seen use FEMM has benefited from it. It's
obvious, for example, that the future of energy production and high
technology must begin with our better understanding of electromagnetism -
so why not share the wealth?
Regards,
Graham
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: David Meeker
- To:
femm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 11:11 AM
- Subject: Re: [femm] Free answers
- Graham Gunderson wrote:
- > Hi Dr. Meeker, I am too curious not to ask. Why do you give FEMM away
- > for free? Your software is helping so many people. Why do you take the
- > time? Regards,Graham
- In the beginning, I was considering releasing femm as some sort of
- commercial product. However, the more I thought about it, the more it
- seemed like commercializing the program would be a big pain in the butt
- for not a whole lot of money. In the long run, it seemed like everyone
- would get more out of it as a freely available, open source project.
- Besides, I'm a terrible salesman....
- Dave.
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