--- "YKY (Yan King Yin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/19/08, Pei Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not all theoretical problems can or need to be solved by practical > > testing. Also, in this field, no "infrastructure" is really > > "theoretically neutral" --- OpenCog is clearly not suitable to test > > all kinds of AGI theories, though I like the project, and is willing > > to help. > > > > Open-source will solve many technical problems, and may also reveal > > many theoretical problems by putting theories under testing. However, > > it won't replace theoretical thinking. > > I agree, but I'd add that it is still tremendously helpful to have an > opensource gang solving technical problems. > > For this reason, I'm tempted to opensource my stuff, but where would > be my compensation? Do I really HAVE to sacrifice my pay check...??
Not at all. I released most of my data compression software under GPL. If a company wants to use it in a commercial product or wants something customized, they have to pay me. Meanwhile a lot of people have improved the software for free until it moved to the top of the rankings where it got the attention of companies that need data compression experts and pay well. This would never have happened if I had kept the code proprietary. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
