Nelson Pavlosky wrote: > Perhaps more importantly, how could we encourage Get Satisfaction to > open source more of their code, given that many open source projects are > already using it?
Get Satisfaction aren't selling code, they are selling a service. Making all of their code Free will not stop them from selling that service. But the problem is that it will allow others to provide that service themselves. I don't think this will be a major problem though. Get Satisfaction own the brand and the project, and have a proven track record in running the software. Reliability and convenience are great selling points. So they will be able to charge for installation and support on third-party sites in addition to their current hosting work, much as the Blog engine companies do. Third party installations will increase demand for hosted solutions. Network effects are good. :-) Using the Affero GPL (rather than the MIT Licence) would protect them against competitors or users modifying their code and not contributing back the changes. - Rob. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
