Brian Capouch wrote:
As I have been reading this thread one "missing angle" that perhaps
should be addressed by those who are bothered by the current licensing
scheme is this: what alternative means exist out there for Digium to
try to ensure their corporate existence?
We can all see that in the backroom down in Huntsville there is a
pretty fair-sized phalanx of people whose time is spent on Asterisk,
not Digium's other business. Those people need to eat, and Digium
needs to make a profit in order to insure that Asterisk isn't simply
just maintained, but can grow and respond to what we all have to
concede is a very rapidly-changing technological environment.
[snip]
One thing I see lacking in this thread is a discussion of alternatives
that would meet the relatively small list of desiderata: keep Asterisk
open and free, make enough money to pay for the ongoing cost of
Asterisk development, and provide enough return that it would make
sense for Digium to exist as a commercial enterprise.
How else could it be done?
John Koenig offered 7 open source business strategies:
http://management.itmanagersjournal.com/management/04/05/10/2052216.shtml?tid=85
Optimization, dual-licensing, consulting, subscriptions, patronage,
embedded, and hosted open source
David Pool offered 3 more strategies: publishing, hardware, and training
So in addition to dual-licensing, Digium also sells hardware (that point
seems to have been forgotten) and offers consulting
(implementation/integration/support).
Regards,
--
Jason Becker
Director & CEO
Coalescent Systems Inc.
Enabling Open Source Telephony
403.244.8089
www.coalescentsystems.ca
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