Thanks for sharing! Any chance you share the source on Github?

aparadja · on Oct 8, 2011

My plan is to give the software away for free, but keep the distribution somewhat centralized and the source closed. The app is, on a business level, a marketing tool for my Radio Silence firewall. I hope it will drive traffic and links to the site by giving away a complementary product for free.

Sharing the source through github might work against that goal.

bcl · on Oct 8, 2011

Or it might help you reach that goal. Opening up some of your source will give your more advanced customers more confidence in your coding abilities.

aparadja · on Oct 8, 2011

The open source approach surely has its benefits. However, I think/guess/believe the free closed-source app has more direct effects on my visitor traffic. Open sourcing the software would probably help me build some kind of personal branding, but it's not a goal I'm actively working for right now. Currently, my priority is to get radiosilenceapp.com more visibility and authority.

masklinn · on Oct 8, 2011

2 questions:

1. Why distribute as a pkg instead of a zipped .app or a dmg?

2. Why not put it on MAS?

edit: scratch that, I found the postflight script installing a kext.