On May 10, 1:36 pm, Rusty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is my suggested scenario for FarCry's world domination using the > current CPL licensing model and for Daemon to be rewarded for there > awesome efforts: > > 1. Daemon release FarCry 5 under the current CPL and it gets hyped on > blogs, at CFUG's, CF events etc. > 2. Every CF man and his dog (aussie term) are wowed by how they can > now easily install this great CMS and on shared hosting even! > 3. CF developers everywhere are now thinking about how they can use > this free open source CMS for their next CMS project or client sites. > 4. The FarCry user base explodes. > 5. Developing plugins for FarCry suddenly becomes an attractive option > for revenue from CF development. > 6. We see the release of a killer ecommerce plugin then a CRM plugin > and someone even starts selling a SAP integration plugin. > 7. Some of these classy plugins are commercially licensed by Daemon > who as the developer of FarCry leverages their know how of FC. They > also commercially license an extra sexy version of the FC CMS plugin > with a Flex based admin. Because the project is licensed under CPL, > Daemon can merge anything submitted to the OS CMS pluing into there > own stuff. > 8. Developers pitching FarCry for bigger projects/organisations can > now tell companies they can easily do X,Y and Z using the commercially > supported plugins out there. > 9. Now that there is so many more developers using farcry, there are > also many more keen to submit bug fixes and get involved in the > direction and development of new out of the box functionality. The > project rewards these people by having major contributors and > companies as FarCry Project Contributors. > 10. Adobe realising that FarCry is helping to drive new sales > contributes money/resources. > 11. A year goes by and the Blue Dragon Open source project has finally > encouraged web hosts around the world to now offer CF hosting. > 12. The FarCry user base reaches critical mass and thousands of non CF > developers consider this cheap hosting that includes a CMS with option > plugins. > 13. Success!!
Its a great scenario! Though I'm not sure how that differs with FarCry being under GPL and having an option for people to release commercial plugins. Casting my mind back i think that has been our business plan for each release of FarCry since v1.0. Perhaps its time for a change in tactics? > Under a change to GPL the only way I could see FarCry reaching its > potential would be if Today Blue Dragon Open Source was installed > (like PHP) on every web hosting server and there was an army of open > source contributing CF developers driving it forward. I'm not sure I understand what you are basing this prediction on. Why would the number of low end installations by punters wanting a CMS be diminished by a change in one open source license to another? Most people go out and download a solution and install it. They have no intention of modifying or redistributing it. It's free, it works, it's all they want. For example, you want a forum app? Many people go and install PHPBB. They don't even think of the license. They just want a solution. I've done it myself. No idea what the license was -- just checked, and guess what -- GPL. Another forum I like: Vanilla forum: http://getvanilla.com/ Had to download it to find the license! Ah.. GPL. > Okay so assuming that releasing FarCry 5 under the current CPL which > gives it the best chance for success what about rewarding Daemon for > their efforts? Well I see the following revenue opportunities for > them: > * commercially licensed FarCry Why bother if its CPL? There is very little incentive. > * commercially licensed CMS and other plugins This might be great for those developers who are only investing in the plugin. But it puts Daemon at a significant disadvantage in that it has to maintain the core framework, engage the community, and then only after that devote resources to compete with others selling plugins and services. > * support and training No difference between CPL and GPL. > * developer certifications No money in this at all. In fact its a definite loss leader. We would absolutely need an alternative income stream from the community to fund such an adventure. > * partner or contributor certifcation. See above. > My motivation for seeing FarCry succeed is a selfish one, simply I > want to be able to keep developing using ColdFusion. If FarCry 5 is > successful that means I can keep pitching and developing using CF for > a long time yet. So Geoff and the rest of the Daemon team I urge you > to NOT change to GPL but keep the current CPL license for FarCry 5. Can you please explain how the GPL prohibits you from doing *exactly* what you are planning under the CPL? Again, thanks for taking the time to participate in this thread. Best regards, -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
