Very much respected, and understood. Thank you for a great tool.
Joshua On 8/31/09 2:47 PM, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Software development may be open, and the result shared with an > Open Source Software licence, but the actual hours of programming > are not gratis. > > Just like everybody else, I need money for mortgage, kids and food, > money I make, by doing things with computers, for people who are > willing to pay for that. > > One of the things I do for money, is develop Varnish. > > From the very beginning of the project the Norwegian company > Redpill-Linpro, has channeled money from sponsors and customers and > paid for my time. > > Redpill-Linpro also offer commercial services based on Varnish, > consultancy, hosting, support and other services. > > That way, the companies which have a contract with Redpill-Linpro, > help pay for the future development of Varnish. > > For all practical purposes this has worked great until now. > > Unfortunately, some obscure tax rules makes it pretty nasty for me > and my accountant: if more than 30% of my work is for the same > customer in a Nordic country, I may be deemed an employee of said > company with possible double taxation, and other unpleasant paper > work as a result. > > This effectively puts a cap on the amount of work I can do on > Redpill-Linpro and consequently: on Varnish. > > It is my impression, that a fair number of Varnish users are not > likely to need the professional services of Redpill-Linpro, and > thus unlikely to help pay for future Varnish development via that > route. > > This is where the "Varnish Moral License" comes into the picture: > > The Varnish Moral License, is a voluntary license payment, directly > to the author of Varnish, which helps pay for the development of > Varnish. > > Buying a Varnish Moral License is 100% voluntary, if you do not > make money from your website, there is no reason why you should pay > for a license to use Varnish on it. > > If however, Varnish helps your website generate a profit, you should > consider getting a Varnish Moral Licence. > > In all cases, it is entirely up to you (and your morals) if you > should get a license or not. > > That is why I called it a "Moral License". > > Please buy one. > > More details and FAQ at: http://phk.freebsd.dk/VML/ > > Poul-Henning Kamp > > _______________________________________________ varnish-misc mailing list [email protected] http://projects.linpro.no/mailman/listinfo/varnish-misc
