On Friday 12 December 2003 14:11, Brent Verner wrote: > [2003-12-12 13:08] bp said: > | On 12 Dec 2003, Michael Thompson wrote: > | > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 11:19, bp wrote: > | > > // preparing for hail of do-it-for-free flames > | > > | > Hey, if you can make some $$ on your work, then more power to you! > | > > | > I'd open the source only if YOU want to, unless of course you > | > incorporate something covered by the GPL. If its all about > | > choice, then you (since it is *your* time) should choose. > | > | We will not be making use of any GPL source, just using OpenLDAP, Struts > | and Tomcat. And of course pitching the solution with a penchant for > | deploying on Linux ;-) > > Why choose one license? > > Release "foundation" code as BSD, where you'll get more contributions > from outside (and potentially from competitors :-), since the BSD > license only requires attribution...) developers. > > Release "finished product" code (built on top of your foundation) > code as GPL. make sure your receive copyright assignment for any > significant contributions so you'll be the sole copyright holder > for the GPL'd codebase. > http://rhea.redhat.com/faq.html#why-copyright-assign > This way you're free to license the "product" as your business > goals develop.
Why choose one business model? Open source to some for $$$ and closed source to others for $. Just because it's open source doesn't mean it's free-as-in-beer. This is what I am doing. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
