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I think we all consider this as settled. I would suggest that a GPL copyleft procedure would be in order as we may use a lot of code that is already developed that way. I also would propose that we stay away from using any commercial code development tools. One of the reasons why the KDE folks are dancing around by themselves is because of the use of the proprietary qt package that all of their code requires. Although they give it all away, no one has the legal right to modify any of their code for any reason. That may be good in that it keeps the development refined to a narrow focus, but in IMHO it will ultimately restrain their development potential. The GPL is put in place to keep the code from being used in any "profit by sale of the software" situation. It definitely does not usurp the usage by companies that make a profit while using it. Lastly, I was attracted to this very young development project for the reason of NEED. I use MiniVend and charge a healthy fee for consulting, installing, and maintaining systems that use it. Many of the folks in the MV development group are consultants for the private sector. BTY so is RED HAT Software. So those of you that are interested in figuring out how you may benefit from assisting in this project, the path is already open.
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- Subject: For-profit vs. GPL/open-source
- From: Chris Hardie <chris@summersault.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:43:51 -0500 (EST)
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In an attempt to be as clear as possible, I wanted to restate this near the top of a message: There will be no voting, this software will not be sold for profit. The final product and source code will be distributed freely to whomever wants it under the GPL, opensource license, or something similar to those. We will not require the end-user to have purchased any proprietary products to run our software. If you are in this project to make money, save yourself some time and get out at your earliest convenience. Don't worry, I'm quite aware of the irony in giving away an accounting package. Again, I'm not opposed to finding a way to make income off of this, but it will not be through sale of the product itself. There's a lot to be made on consulting/custom solutions alone; the creator of Minivend gives it away and charges lots of $$ per hour for consulting/custom installation and has quite a comfortable living. Perhaps we can do something similar. Let's consider the license of this project/software a closed-issue, eh? Chris On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Jon Griffin wrote: > >--------------------------------------------------------- > >QUERY: To Everyone? > >Is this to be an open systems project or for profit? > >--------------------------------------------------------- > > > > has so far , remained unanswered . > > > I have assumed it was open source and GPL or Berkely style. Lets vote and > see. Personally if it is for profit count me out. > --------------------------------------------- Chris Hardie chris@summersault.com http://www.summersault.com/chris this time don't assume anything ---------------------------------------------