On 12-04-15 05:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Patrick,
[Brazilian law nº 9.609/68][1] recognizes the legitimacy of the
software licenses (cap. IV, art. 9º). As [copyleft is copyright used
in certain ways][2], and [Brazilian law nº 9610/68][3] recognizes
software as copyrightable (cap. I, art. 7º, XII), GPL is guaranteed.
You were afraid of they removing your name from the software: this
second law gives to the author the irrevocable (art. 27º) moral right
to be cited as so (art.24, II).
[1] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9609.htm
[2] https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
[3] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9610.htm
Hi Gustavo
Thanks very much for your feedback.
I think mentioning BRIC countries was misguided. Brazil is way out in
front in terms to free software, much further then my country Canada.
Thanks to everyone's feedback I think I have (or nearly have) a good
plan in place. I think I am going to sell GPL software with a
restriction that it is only redistributed the same "form factor" as the
original media and I am going to sell it as a site license like package.
Fewer customers but larger dollar values.
Taking this path will help me get a product to market much faster then
developing a proprietary interface board to work with the software.
I think it makes good business sense and I feel good about it too.
Thanks again to all-Patrick
