Mark Holmquist wrote: > there's a dollar amount sitting between binary and source,
He is keeping the binaries and source bundled together, but is only distributing those *bundles* to people who pay. To some, the word 'code' is synonymous with 'source', but sometimes programmers (such as Miles) use the word 'code' to mean 'binary'. For example: "free to further distribute all source and binary code" > "pay $X more for the source code during alpha and beta". This should probably read: "pay $X more for the binary+source during alpha and beta". What Miles is doing is temporarily withholding the bundles of binary+source from the general public; only distributing them to people who actually pay. Those who pay could also distribute their copies This is a strategy to get people to pay *early* for work that is not yet complete. Paying before production is a profoundly important step toward solving the mystery of how to compensate those who want to build a Libre Planet.
