I've been tossing around an idea in my head for the past month, and I now think I've worked out enough of the details that I'd like to propose it here for consideration from the Fusebox community. I call it "Community Development". It's a mixture of Steve Nelson's idea on "secret agents" and open-source development philosophy. (As such, Steve, I am very interested if you would be interested in the enterprise, and your general input on the idea.)
It arose because I've noticed myself, and other people, duplicating a lot of work building smaller, customized applications because purchasing commercial products were not worth the cost. There was also no way to ensure that said company would be around in the future to support the product, or expand its features to meet my growing needs. I love the virtues of community development, with the ability to modify code and submit it to a standard body for incorporation into the mainstream product. At the same time, I think people need to receive restitution for their hard work. Also, if a big company with a big budget installs 20 copies of a product, they should pay more than a small company with a small budget who only installs one copy. So, I put together a model based on the ideas of dividends and community ownership (like an employee-owned company, but no employees). I'd like to find out who would be interested in such a model. I wrote up full information on the FuseWiki because it would have been an even longer post: http://www.meta-magic.com/cgi-bin/fusewiki?CommunityDevelopmentModel If you have trouble accessing the Wiki, let me know and I'll send you the details. The quick overview is that it involves open-source-like development of code for generic commercial applications. Payment for services is by flat-fee or percentage of the net profit, and trade-ins on work can be made for no-cost downloads of code. Developers can make additional income consulting to help companies customize the applications. And everything could operate under the umbrella of a non-profit organization to ensure fairness of treatment, with profits potentially donated to the Fusebox Government to help handle their expenses, or to other charities. So, what do people think about forming such an organization? Pete -- Pete Krueger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
