[whartung]

It's one thing to be able to see what's going on under the hood. It's another being able to change what's going on under the hood. And it's a third thing not having that change you just made get stomped on, or interfere with the next great release of the product.

Even potentially more difficult is getting your change accepted by the software vendor to where it's now incorporated in to the production product.

I mean, this is nothing new, this happens with open source projects all the time, but it can be a difference in scope depending on the level that your company actually relies on some product for their operations.

[galaxyLogic]

What about making the basic product free but charging a fee for modifications?