Boris Steipe wrote: > In my area of work (bioinformatics) I have not seen convincing > business models that were based on charging for code. Integration, > customization, consulting - yes, it needs a lot of expertise to get > that right and people are willing to pay for that expertise. > Contributing to the open-source pool advertises your organization's > capacity to understand real-world issues and address them in a viable > way. > $0.02 - B. > Boris, I am not thinking about charging for code. There must be a barrier between Open Source and SAAS. But this barrier does not need to be charging money.
For developers your argument is correct. I am not a developer. I am an architect who design the software and the developer programs it. The developer get paid for his work. It is my ownership, my (Open Source) copyright. On details I am not the best person to go to. If there is a bug the developer can solve it better. But for the big architecture I am the one who does the design. And if I am not there the work can continue for a few months and then its stuck. So as a business model this does not work for me. With regards Bernard > > > On 18-Jan-10, at 1:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> Boris Steipe wrote: >> >>> Also: in the information-based economy, an increasingly important >>> part of the revenue of your activities is "mind-share". No better way >>> to demonstrate your expertise to the world than to contribute >>> something useful. >>> B. >>> >>> >> Boris. Thanks. That is indeed a good argument. But then I must be >> able >> to show that my expertise is indeed my expertise. My company is >> Wikiation. The bundle extensions is named Wikibox Blue. The >> copyright is >> and should stay mine!. That is. It can be GPL or an other Open Source >> license what I chose. If I should loose that then I should loose >> everything. I lost exclusive ownership of the software and I loose to >> demonstrate my expertise. >> >> Regards, Bernard >> >> >> >>> On 18-Jan-10, at 11:46 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Bernard, >>>> >>>> By open-sourcing your work the community gains from your work; >>>> however, >>>> this generally forms a positive reciprocity loop whereby the >>>> community >>>> will feed back into your contributions with their own enhancements, >>>> ideas, and bug fixes from which you will then benefit. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rob. >>>> >>>> >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> We have build many extensions to improve the functionality of >>>>> MediaWiki. >>>>> It is for >>>>> Enterprise use as Knowledge management infrastructure. The name of >>>>> the >>>>> extensions and additional >>>>> functionality is Wikibox Blue. The software is propriety. >>>>> >>>>> It can be hosted as SAAS >>>>> >>>>> Today there has been a request if automatic signing of thread is >>>>> possible in the discussion page. >>>>> This is standard functionality in WikiForum. Which can be used >>>>> in the >>>>> talk namespace. >>>>> >>>>> But it is propriety software. So it can not be used. >>>>> >>>>> My question is here : Please convince me I have to make my >>>>> propriety >>>>> software open source. >>>>> >>>>> With some conditions : >>>>> *I decide if I make Wikibox Blue Open source >>>>> *I decide when Wikibox Blue will be Open source >>>>> *I decide on which conditions Wikibox Blue will be open source. >>>>> >>>>> If you respect these conditions please try to convince me I >>>>> should do >>>>> it. Keep in mind it is a >>>>> mayor step for me and my company. >>>>> >>>>> Bernard Hulsman >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.interjinn.com >>>> Application and Templating Framework for PHP >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
