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Mary Gardiner wrote:
| On Sun, Jun 06, 2004, David Guest wrote: | |> Alternatively are their commercial contracts for assigning |> copyright under dual licensing? (e.g. I get one dollar for every |> seat where this application is used under a commercial license.) |> Or is this too messy to handle in practice? | | | I don't think it makes sense to "assign ... copyright under dual | licensing." | | Assigning copyright to me gives me the right to control copying of | the work (ie to licence it however I like). On the other hand, | licencing it to me authorises me to use it (and perhaps copy it) in | particular ways. | | Either can be handed over as part of contractual agreements so you | may get an agreed return for either.
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| But I don't know of any commerical FOSS projects that have this | kind of deal with outside contributors.
Thanks Mary. I was just wondering if people like Ken might get an income from the closed license stream in much the same way as Sun gets from Star Office.
Not yet sounds like the answer and it may never be practicable.
David
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