On 6 January 2013 18:01, Troy Benjegerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> 5. I could let NYS own it. This takes care of ALL of the licensing >> issues, so I don't have to think about it. This gives me access to all BU >> resources, including my own advisees. I can use federal money to pay >> students to work on it. This would be the best option academically, and it >> would also allow us to have something working sooner than any of the other >> options. The catch is that NYS owns it, and I'm given only 40% of the >> royalties. >> >> >> The more I think about it, option 5 is what I prefer. Conflict of interest >> is gone. Academic participation is up. I can focus on science and not >> law. The entire SUNY system is at my disposal. All around, it's just >> easier and more productive. And if an outside contributor doesn't like it, >> they can go somewhere else.
Go for it. It helps you professionally, and gives you access to resources that are likely more valuable than just royalties. Heck, if there is a reason concern later there are probably ways to avoid the 60% loss (license it for a fix fee to a corp which then licenses it for royalties). > Do it. My preference is release it under AGPLv3. I am torn. I much prefer free software licenses such as MIT or X11. However, in this case, this explicit goal of the license is to earn money off of the IP directly. As such a restrictive license may be worth the loss of openness. Can the goals be achieved using the GPLv2 or are there real gains for going Affero or v3? That said, I am unlikely to be writing much verilog code, so take my preference for what its worth. :) > The biggest argument **FOR** giving the SUNY system a 60% cut is this: > > https://portal.rfsuny.org/portal/page/portal/The%20Research%20Foundation%20of%20SUNY/home/commercialization/comm_policies_guidance/protection_intellectual_property > > We will now have a very big stick to go after the inevitable violations > when some chip maker rips off the HDL code and tries to avoid paying > for a commercial license. I hope we end up with something worth ripping off. ;) [ full disclosure: I am a student at SUNY Binghamton ] -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
