Ok, lots of fine talk from people who are mostly interested in using EMC2 for commercial purposes but where would this 'donation' or 'bounty' system leave the amateur who is struggling to build a system and the knowledge to use it on a shoestring? Surely this was one of the main reasons EMC2 was released to the world in the first place.. If a 'commercial interest' paid a bounty or made a named donation ( as opposed to an anonymous donation ) for a particular feature to be developed, would this feature then become their property - i.e. bought and paid for? Would it subsequently be incorporated into a normal upgrade release and, if so, would the 'owner' be able to impose restrictions on its use ( such as not for making the same widgets as the 'owner' makes for sale ) or charge for the inclusion of that feature? At what point would EMC2 become so largely 'owned' that it would effectively become commercial software and how would that affect the developers legally vis-a-vis health and safety?
It would be a great shame and loss to our superb community if the development of EMC2 as a freely available resource hit the buffers because of commercial pressure and because all the developers started trying to earn themselves a few dollars by going down the 'commercial' route. Jim Fleig's epistle should have sounded a warning in pointing out the demands that are likely to be expected when the software is 'commissioned' for a particular situation. The current state where our developers are free to improve the software as and when the muse takes them has to be the most advantageous system for our overall community. Best wishes, Ian ___________________ Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
