- I earn my leaving from imapsync buyers but less likely on donators, as a measured fact.
- Donations work 1/100 less than payments, ie, for $1 from donators I get $100 of buyers.
- I don't make the github release, Nicolas does, and Nicolas doesn't include the .exe binary in the repository, it is a common rule in free and open source software guidelines. I do not blame Nicolas about this.
- Nicolas does a good job, a basic copy of imapsync mainstream repository where releasecheck is off and whatever he wants, like exe trash, I'm ok with that.
- Don't worry, my income won't suffer, as people don't read. The no-dowload link on the main imapsync web site is just a payment incentive. It works. It works enough to make me concentrate my work life on imapsync and their users.
Don't worry, my income won't suffer, as people don't read.
The classic "lazy/stupid tax" technique. I remember coming across a site selling downloads of popular open-source software (which is legal per the licenses, and IIRC part of the sales was actually donated to the original project) a while ago.
https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync/issues/257#issuecomment...
Why you don't find a direct download link on the upstream site https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ is because:
- I earn my leaving from imapsync buyers but less likely on donators, as a measured fact.
- Donations work 1/100 less than payments, ie, for $1 from donators I get $100 of buyers.
- I don't make the github release, Nicolas does, and Nicolas doesn't include the .exe binary in the repository, it is a common rule in free and open source software guidelines. I do not blame Nicolas about this.
- Nicolas does a good job, a basic copy of imapsync mainstream repository where releasecheck is off and whatever he wants, like exe trash, I'm ok with that.
To answer your questions:
- Windows binary exe is here in the zip file: https://imapsync.lamiral.info/dist/
- Don't worry, my income won't suffer, as people don't read. The no-dowload link on the main imapsync web site is just a payment incentive. It works. It works enough to make me concentrate my work life on imapsync and their users.