> On 5/17/05, Eric Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With an NDA, this should be fine. Of course, there's a risk of it > getting leaked if too many people get it, so even with the NDA, it > shouldn't be free; this way, only serious people get it, and I believe > there are some legal reasons why a contract is more binding when money > is exchanged (something about 'consideration'), but IANAL. > > In any event, what should it cost? And it would be easier to roll the > 'hobbyist' and 'commercial' license into one, where the up-front fee > isn't too bad in either case, and there's also a royalty for each chip > you produce. > > Suggestions? >
If you are confident on the law you could try a CC licence by-sa-nc (share alike, non commercial) and give a date when the licence on the code became GPL. If you're not, you could stay with your NDA with the promise of releasing the code under GPL. You could release the GPL code 6 month after the product launch so if somebody make an asic of it, you always have few month in advance. But you have to make a _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
