On Dec 6, 2006, at 9:17 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote:
ith this in mind I wonder if any of the bigger players ( I am thinking
Einhugur, Monkeybread, Valentina - even RS themselves possibly )
might want
to get together with smaller vendors to - not only provide a bigger
sales
outlet - but also to provide some sort of licensed "escrow" on the
source
code - so that in the event of a small vendor no longer being able to
maintain and support their plugin, that software could then be
passed over
to and supported by the larger outfit and giving users of the
plugin more
"peace of mind".
Well that might be too much responsibility... taking on someone
else's code base has never been way in my experience...
This might be totally off the wall legally, and I know nothing about
commercial stuff so this might ot be a good idea , but what might be
more practical is if a way was found to ensure that if the product
stopped being supported that the source code would either be released
to customers or into the public domain...
If RS would be willing to act as the safety deposit box repository
that would release the code in that event (conditions defined upfront
before they agree to take it on).
That might both help small plugin/encrypted class developers make
more sales as well as help RS by fostering more such products which
would help RB grow.
- Karen
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