Hmmm. Then I don't see the advantage? It's like having your intellectual property torn out from under you after 4 years? :P lol!
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Fergal Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > No, that's exactly what it says you can't do! You have to go 100% Open > Source after 2-4 years, you have to monetize before then. On the other > hand, you can start again with a new major version of your product, but the > old version will have to have been fully opened up. > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:43 PM, cogmission (David Ray) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Assuming the business in question is fully able to monetize their initial >> offering within 4 years, they could then (after being bombed :-P) opt for a >> full commercial license with full fees. I like it! It offers a way to >> charge a minimal affordable fee initially while the business model awaits >> confirmation - while still offering the original rights owner the ability >> to capitalize later when affordable by the customer. >> >> Interesting... >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Fergal Byrne <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> After a wonderful weekend at the hackathon, Richard Crowder and I were >>> brainstorming as we walked around Manhattan on Monday. We came up with a >>> new (or new twist on an) idea for dual Open Source/Commercial projects. We >>> call it the Time-bombed Open License [1]. >>> >>> The idea is that you release your software under something strongly >>> copylefted like the GPL for non-commercial use. For commercial users (who >>> often can't use GPL software inside their own codebase or business), you >>> charge a fee to absolve the customer from all the GPL obligations, but with >>> a catch. >>> >>> Your ability to operate the commercial license is time-bombed for 2-4 >>> years, after which time it becomes fully GPL (or whichever your OSS license >>> is). This is transitive, so your customers must also start a time-bomb of >>> the same length. >>> >>> We'd welcome feedback on this idea from you guys, and wonder would this >>> be of interest for Numenta's commercial license for NuPIC? It might also be >>> worth thinking about for nupic-community projects (this would involve >>> Numenta granting commercialisation rights to these projects). >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Fergal Byrne >>> >>> >>> [1] http://occupystartups.me >>> -- >>> >>> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT >>> >>> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology >>> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne >>> >>> Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure - >>> https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex >>> >>> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC >>> Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines >>> >>> e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 >>> Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org >>> Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *With kind regards,* >> >> David Ray >> Java Solutions Architect >> >> *Cortical.io <http://cortical.io/>* >> Sponsor of: HTM.java <https://github.com/numenta/htm.java> >> >> [email protected] >> http://cortical.io >> > > > > -- > > Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT > > http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology > http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne > > Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure - > https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex > > Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC > Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines > > e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 > Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org > Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie > -- *With kind regards,* David Ray Java Solutions Architect *Cortical.io <http://cortical.io/>* Sponsor of: HTM.java <https://github.com/numenta/htm.java> [email protected] http://cortical.io
