> This strikes me as a potentially disastrous idea; look at how much > mindshare going the proprietary route has cost Rebol, for instance.
I don't know anything about Rebol except for some quick googling that I've just done on them. But the impression I get is that what they've done is substantially different from the Plan B that I've proposed. >From what I can tell, there is no guarantee that the current Rebol code base will ever become open source. The Plan B proposal guarantees that after 1 year (or whatever time period is chosen) the current code base will become open source. One of the big pluses of open source - in my view - is the long term guarantees it provides for the code base. If Rich ever dropped Clojure development, open source means that everyone would still be freely allowed to use, maintain and further develop the code base. Plan B still provides this. As a worst case it merely delays this. I am not saying Plan B is the ideal choice. The two main issues with it, I think, are: * it means administering two versions; and * it means some restriction of its use. So I prefer what Rick has proposed - if it can be made to work. But if it doesn't, I can't think of a better choice than Plan B, although the "work for Sun/Company-X" option that BerlinBrown suggested might work if the right job offer came along. If Plan B were implemented in a reasonable way, with licence fees not unreasonable and with open source guarantees not too far away, then surely the goodwill would remain - especially if it were essential for the survival of the project. And if goodwill remains, and guarantees remain, surely mind-share would remain??? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
