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-Thread: 103376,2acf1f37f6bdc5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news2.volia.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Licences Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:28:23 +0100 Organization: Pushface Message-ID: References: <1129303351.767662.191580@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <6079939.ppPQ0zCOeG@linux1.krischik.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1129397303 14101 62.49.19.209 (15 Oct 2005 17:28:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:28:23 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZEzPIF2i+0iUD5ND6Rgv3wqKjJ0= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5708 Date: 2005-10-15T18:28:23+01:00 List-Id: Martin Krischik writes: > And actually: All the discussion has made me think and I consider to > change the licence of the SouceForge projects I am > administrating. Why should anyone take my work and make money with > it in a *closed* *source* project - That's freeloading. Most of the OSS software I have written has been done for the fun of it. I would have some trouble getting rewarded in cash (need to get employer's agreement), the fact that other _programmers_ find the stuff useful is enough. It's a gift culture. > I really consider a dual licence now making the GMGPL version only > available to those who made a suitable donation to the > projects. Even if it's only €5,-- - at least it shows good will. That would mean that several of the users of (for example) the Booch Components wouldn't have been able to use them. Well, I suppose one could claim the PayPal payment on expenses; just depends on the good will of the manager who has to sign it and the view taken by the accounting trolls!