Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: >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. > > > Once people understand the magnitude of things like the "clean room" approach, they come down from the clouds.
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