This went into "maintenance mode" in 2018, has anything changed? https://blog.helftone.com/monodraw-maintenance-mode/
Thank you all for the kind words regarding the app.
Unfortunately, my time is extremely limited which is why I haven’t had the chance to push more updates out.
I’ve got a few highly requested features in the works but I cannot promise when they’ll see the light of day (I usually get to make progress during my holidays).
I’m still committed to fixing any breakages due to OS upgrades and ensuring the product continues to work.
It’s great as it is and we’ll be happy to see new features when you’re ready. I would be really proud if I were in your position.
Cheers!
- Plaintext format (in progress) - Dark mode support for the main canvas (in progress) - Auto/Dynamic Layout - Table support - ANSI export
Hell yeah! I'm a long time user of Monodraw (thanks for the awesome work!) and this would be an instant upgrade for me :)
Have you thought about open-sourcing it?
Or even keeping it closed source but crowd-sourcing help?
No need for profit sharing - your income is a nominal management fee if that. Just need a nice credits page to give thanks to the names of the people who contributed.
Might work?
However, I’ve made pretty good use of it, and it’s really a “complete” product. Not much more to update than the occasional mandatory platform upgrade.
> Why not open source the app? > > Maintaining an open-source project can be a significant amount of work and I'm not going to have the time to take on such responsibilities. Furthermore, open-sourcing full products tends to result in many clones being sold directly to unsuspecting customers which is not something I want to enable.
It's strange how both of those statements are incorrect... open-sourcing a project allows for contributors to pick up some of the workload and certain licenses would prevent clones from being sold to unsuspecting customers
Licenses don't magically stop bad actors.
Both statements by the author are correct.