That's me asking all the "stupid" questions on everyone's behalf! :-)
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:02 AM, cogmission (David Ray) < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *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
