[eluser]Brad Martin[/eluser]
So I've been working on a billing engine very similar to whmcs and plesk billing but more tailored to website designers & coders rather then web hosts. Say that it still contains server management its just not focusing on it as its core purpose.
Im unsure yet of how ill actually make money from the app and if it will be free or a paid app.
So my question is should i make the app open source or closed ?
Im a little bit unsure as of which way to go and my main concern is that for all the hard work I've put into the app (3 years) if i go with open source i dont want to be screwed by people who think its ok to pirate the software.
There are a few unique features to the system in the field of social networking that are run from the cloud which require the software to be authenticated in order to use them however if the app is open source I'm sure there would be an easy way to override this. So I'm leaning more towards closed even tho myself i love open source.
So any thoughts on the subject or links to GOOD articles on the subject would be greatly helpful!
thanks,