Hi i have simple qustion is it possible for lightburn for linux be sold to community

[dusan2819 (dusan)]

hi i have simple question is it possible for lightburn for linux be sold to community as tax benefit or what ever can work to continue support of this abandon version
so any public can learn the software for just supporting it

just the idea
maybe linux community can get ethercat support working

thank you
dusan2819

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

@dusan2819

ethercat

I’d think would be at the OS level as is Ethernet.

Here you can read about Linux.

Linux support to end after v1.7

After a great deal of internal discussion, we have made the difficult decision to sunset Linux support following the upcoming release of LightBurn 1.7.00. Linux users make up only 1% of our overall user base, but providing Linux-compatible builds takes up as much or more time as does providing them for Windows and Mac OS. We have a small, dedicated development team, and, over time, the burdens of supporting Linux have consumed an outsized portion of their time — time which will be better spent…

[dusan2819 (dusan)]

hi
so what is a price of the old abandon linux code it will help the 1% group to grow
and you will have free user base for user to learn on open system so you can sale commercial professional pay for support version if open community adds some new feature you can add to your commercial ver

many other company use same model

thank you
dusan2819

[adammhaile (Adam Haile)]

The code between all operating systems is ~85% the same. We can’t “sell” anyone just the Linux part of the code. If you read the thread linked by @jkwilborn you will see that this has already been explained in great detail.