Interested in everyone thoughts. I'm new here so maybe this has been done in the past?
While many of the paid plugins are being properly supported it looks like some have been abandoned. Most HS plugins are expensive (as % of the overall software cost and compared to most other HA systems). If the plugin is supported that is one thing... but selling an abandoned plugin is doing the community a disservice IMO.
I think its appropriate for HS to OpenSource a plugin after a period of time if the author does not support it.
For instance...
SceneMaster looks good and could be great if development had not stopped over a year ago. The author has not even logged in since Apr 2016.
https://forums.homeseer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1294
This Plugin fills a Huge gap in HS core code. Modern HA systems typically have this built-in for free anyway. Manually creating/organizing Scenes in Homeseer is tedious and a plugin is sorely needed but asking users to pay for an abandoned plugin is not the right thing to do.
While many of the paid plugins are being properly supported it looks like some have been abandoned. Most HS plugins are expensive (as % of the overall software cost and compared to most other HA systems). If the plugin is supported that is one thing... but selling an abandoned plugin is doing the community a disservice IMO.
I think its appropriate for HS to OpenSource a plugin after a period of time if the author does not support it.
For instance...
SceneMaster looks good and could be great if development had not stopped over a year ago. The author has not even logged in since Apr 2016.
https://forums.homeseer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1294
This Plugin fills a Huge gap in HS core code. Modern HA systems typically have this built-in for free anyway. Manually creating/organizing Scenes in Homeseer is tedious and a plugin is sorely needed but asking users to pay for an abandoned plugin is not the right thing to do.
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