this business model actually works
fcsoft-3Emkkp+1Olsmp8TqCH86vg at public.gmane.org
fcsoft-3Emkkp+1Olsmp8TqCH86vg at public.gmane.org
Sat Feb 21 14:39:44 UTC 2004
I make no claims that my private source ideas are original.
I'm simply struggling to find a business model which can revive the dying
(or dead) custom software industry in the GTA before it is too late.
I maintain that for most custom software (which by definition has a limited
scope) this Community Licence or Private Source Licence scheme
retains most of the benefits of user control afforded by the Open Source
licences but at the same time provides a mechanism whereby the actual
developers and maintainers can get compensated.
Private source licences don't make sense for generic utilities and or
programming tools, but they might make sense for a PHP/mySQL/C
code system to manage the local muffler shop franchise.
Original Message:
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From: Henry Spencer henry-lqW1N6Cllo31P9xLtpHBDw at public.gmane.org.net
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:46:05 -0500 (EST)
To: tlug-GezYG1x/Qbs at public.gmane.org.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: this business model actually works
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, bob findlay wrote:
> A while ago I proposed a variation of the open source model for
custom
> software which I called private source
> http://www.icanprogram.com/developersDilemma.html
If I'm not mistaken, this is at most a minor variant of traditional source
licensing -- such as, for example, the terms on which Unix was originally
licensed.
Henry Spencer
henry-lqW1N6Cllo31P9xLtpHBDw at public.gmane.org.net
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