From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd3b8571c28b75f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-27 05:11:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F4C9FF7.9000904@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software References: <3F44BC65.4020203@noplace.com> <3F460D73.7090801@noplace.com> <20030822153839.5ec5c918.david@realityrift.com> <20030822184004.7e8c53bf.david@realityrift.com> <3F4769A7.6020503@noplace.com> <4Jy2b.939$zL2.310@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> <3F4B57D7.8070702@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:11:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.68.249 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1061986305 165.247.68.249 (Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:11:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:11:45 EDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41887 Date: 2003-08-27T12:11:45+00:00 List-Id: Keep in mind that an "Open Source" project can still involve the transfer of money. (Depending on what your definition of "Open Source" is). I see no reason one couldn't write a business application and sell it to a customer along with the source code and give them the right to install it on any machines they own. That's still "Open Source" - they got the source code and they can modify it if they like - or hire someone to do that. Its just that if the project is not commercialized in some manner, people will have very little incentive to want to make it a better, more customer-satisfying tool. Exceptions exist, but usually they're just being driven by a different "customer". (e.g. I build some tool for internal use within my business and I release it to the world because I don't want to commercialize it myself, but I still keep making upgrades because of my internal users.) MDC Dave Head wrote: > This is correct. Anything that doesn't have a transfer of money or other > consideration has no incentive for the provider to be concerned with the > consumer's satisfaction. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================