Quoting "David K. Gasaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chris F Clark wrote: > > > It is a model that preserves some of the attributes of open source > > (most particularly the ability of recipients to receive sources for > > such software at their whim, modify it, and redistribute it). It has > > one important and significant difference, of course, the requirement > > that certain use of the software, whether received from the original > > author or through an intermediary, still accrue royalties to the > > original author(s). > > Ah, so a contributor gets nothing, while improving a product that lines > the pockets of the original author. Yes, I can see why a business might > like this model. The development community, on the other hand, might > not. ;)
The above is not quite my proposed model. I propose *every* contributor earns its share. In fact I don't distinguish between original author and contributor: they are all authors. --MAA ----------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through NIAAD: http://www.niaad.liacc.up.pt/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
