On Friday 05 January 2007 1:59 pm, Komnieve Singh wrote: > But this all brings me back to my main point - when dealing with perceived > intellectual rights - is it possible to not isolate people who feel some > ownership of an idea thats been had by a multitude of people before them? > How does one go about not insulting them, or not coming across as > threatening while still being able to explain the benefits they can get by > sharing 'their' idea? I haven't had good experience with avoiding the > subject in its entirety.
That is specifically why when I provide a quote for work, I give them two prices: the price if I am going to GPL the code and contribute it back to the collective, and a much higher cost if they want to keep sole rights to the code. In the latter case, I deliver a CD with their code on it, and I remove all copies of it from my own system. If I have to redesign the same thing again for someone else, that's fine, but I don't just lift the code from their version. To date, nobody has accepted the higher price quote. It's amazing how their intellectual property concerns vanish when cost goes up. -A. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
