I know few people that did not want to help a product that is not full open source. Maybe they are ok for the (gpl/BSD) drivers but not the hardware part.
Timothy seems smart but what happen to the work of the communauty if there new compagny is bought ? GPL is supposed to prevent this kind of case (in the opposite of BSD). Look at compagny like MySQL labs and Trolltech, they sell a GPL software to people that want make proprietary stuff. OPG could do the same : produice pure GPL code, and sell the IP to the embedded people for people that did not want GPL code mixed with others. If the pure retail market is too small, i don't think you could be copied easly. Then if you're in success, you will have few month advance for a new product. To even prevent copying, try to have a strong trademark, and defend it. Maybe you could find pure copy of your GPL design, but the risk is low and despite the copy you could always earn money (by licensing IPs) nicO _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
