On 6 July 2016 at 14:19, Profpatsch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16-07-06 11:58am, zimbatm wrote: >> We can provide the derivation but ask the user to download the source >> themselves. I think we already have such a mechanism in place for non-free >> software. > > But that’s not necessary at all. The source is available openly > and we can also have hydra build the binaries. > > Nothing is different from a libre/free software, except there is > some kind of price tag attached (that is oftentimes pay what you want). > > Hm, maybe it’s time to respect the money aspect: > > meta = { > monetary = { > type = "donation" | "mandatory"; > amount = "10 USD"; > recur = "monthly"; > url = "https://project.com/buy";; > }; > }; > > $ nix-build -A ardour > error: ardour is free as in freedom (GPL-2), but not free as in beer. > The authors require a monthly payment of 10 USD to use their software. > Please visit https://ardour.org/download.html. > Once you supported the project, use `lib.isPaid` to install it. > > Thoughts?
But that still looks like opt-in payment. I'm sure Ardour users already know that upstream wants money for it, even without the above mechanism. (But I guess if a lot of upstreams do this it'd be more difficult to track manually, and we'd need a mechanism.) If upstream *really require* money, the above method seems insufficient, IMHO. I'm starting to think about proprietary programs now, and how you often can get the software but it doesn't work without a license key. The key can be stored in $HOME and don't have to have anything to do with the Nix expression that built (or just downloaded) the software. - Bjørn _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
