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Ask Slashdot: What Would You Pay To See Open Sourced?

Posted by EditorDavid on from the crowdfunding-code dept.

jbrase writes: It's in the interest of the open-source community to make open-source development as profitable as possible. One potential means of making money from open source is crowdfunding, [but] proprietary vendors aren't likely to be enthusastic about using their flagship product to try out a relatively untested business model. Crowdfunding the open source release of legacy technologies of historical significance could provide a low-risk way for vendors to experiment with making money by crowdfunding: The product has already turned them a profit.

With that, I'd like to ask Slashdot readers, what would you pay to see open sourced?
Slashdot reader jonwil left a comment suggesting old games ("where the game is no longer being developed/worked on and where the engine/tech is no longer being used for anything"). But the sky's the limit here, so leave your own best answers in the comments. What would you pay to see open sourced?

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  1. Photoshop by pestilence669 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... no, Gimp is not an adequate replacement.

    1. Re:Photoshop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      You're doing it wrong.

    2. Re:Photoshop by tsa · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You can't expect a 3D modeling program to be as 'simple' as Photoshop and Gimp and the like. Introducing that extra dimension while still using a 2D screen just opens a big can of worms concerning the interface.

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  2. Windows 7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    M$ lock-in is the worst thing about Windows 7. It's a great desktop OS in most ways. I paid $300(AUD) for it anyway - it would have been nice to pay $300 for it to be free instead.

  3. Picasa by RoscoeChicken · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nothing else currently available on Windows comes close.

  4. Nvidia Drivers by ARos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nvidia sucks.

    1. Re:Nvidia Drivers by skids · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yeah, drivers, drivers, drivers, firmware, firmware, firmware. And full chipset documentation for no-longer-commercially developed hardware.

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  5. Re:The source code to slashdot by sconeu · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.slashcode.com/

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  6. Games that need a central server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Any game that customers paid for that requires a central server that the parent company shuts down after a couple years, bricking the game. Seriously, this shit should be illegal, but it's growing..

  7. Demcratic elections voting infrastructure by evanh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This seems to me to be an obvious first port of call. The weak points become well documented so also become well protected. Couldn't get a better demo of the security obtained.