"(we could get around it by cutting access to updates for account which
haven't paid though I guess)"
***** Updates have to be published according to the GPL *****
Michel-André
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Le 2014-12-22 09:43, Daniel Berteaud a écrit :
Le 22/12/2014 12:56, Dave Liquorice a écrit :
IMHO if they are not putting anything back into SME be that via bug fixes,
development, NFRs or financially they are effectively stealing the code and
efforts of others.
No no no, and triple no !! ;-)
We release SME as free (libre) software, which includes several freedom
to the user, including using it without any counter part. If *we* give
something to someone, how could we possibly blame him to "steal" our
work, that makes no sense.
Doesn't the licence have "non-commercial use only"
clause(s)?
No, that wouldn't be free software anymore, only freeware
I don't have the magic solution to increase incomes, but I just think we
have to be careful with this kind of thing. I have no problem with
people making money out of free software (my own company does this) so
I'm clearly not against some commercial/professional side, but making it
mandatory to pay to use it have some serious issue:
- Privacy issue, as we require every one to create an account somewhere
- Technical issue: how do we enforce users are paying each year ?
- Legal issue: we can charge for downloading the ISO, but requiring a
recurrent fee seems border line to me with respect to the GPL (we could
get around it by cutting access to updates for account which haven't
paid though I guess)
But, doing so will probably reduce our user base. I for sure wouldn't
even bother to try an OS with such limitations. In fact, even a
registration being required to download the ISO is a deal breaker for me
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