A personal note from the developer
I am 19, I have been building projects (most of them in private, some in public) for about five years now and if you know anything about indie development, you already know how hard it is to make money from it.
One of my recent projects, arctic-cli, is fully open-source, I put real work into it but I have not received a single dollar of support from it and that is not a complaint, it is just the reality of building in the open.
I know the Linux community has strong feelings about proprietary software and I genuinely respect that, open-source is something I believe in but if Screenix were open-source right now I would not be able to pay my bills and if I cannot pay my bills I cannot keep working on this, it is that simple.
This is not a choice I am making out of greed or distrust of the community, it is a choice I am making to survive as a solo developer, I want to keep building Screenix, keep improving it, and keep enjoying the work and right now that requires it to generate income.
If the project reaches a point where it is stable, sustainable, and I can afford to open it up I will seriously consider it, that door is not closed forever.
I hope you understand, I love this community and I will always respect what open-source stands for.
Yes. The plan is to open-source Screenix, but not right now. As a solo developer, I need the project to be financially sustainable before I can afford to do that. If you want to support that goal, the best way is to grab a lifetime license or a subscription. Every purchase gets Screenix closer to being fully open-source.