On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 16:38:48 RDP wrote: > On 28 June 2016 at 15:38, Christian Schoenebeck > <schoeneb...@linuxsampler.org> wrote: > > <snip> > If "you" gain money by selling commercial products based on open source > components, would it be *THAT* problematic to only forward a small subset of > the profit you made to the people who created those open source components, > <snip> > > Good point. If it is a (semi-)commercial product, then why don't you > all come to some form of mutual and amicable cooperative agreement > rather than bickering? Sense of proprotion people, sense of > proportion! ;o)
Exactly! But as you might see, like in many other commercial inquiries we had in the past, they are not even interested in discussing any kind of agreement at all. They just keep going why they think they should not be obliged to ask for any commercial permission at all. Even if that commercial agreement would just be a matter of couple cents or even some kind of non-monetary one. You might hate it or not, but the fact is, if you sell a hardware product with or for LinuxSampler, then you have to ask for our prior permission. If you don't even want to bother to ask for our permission, then OK, use it privately, modify it, put it on websites, use it in any way you want, *but* please : don't sell any commercial software and/or hardware product in combination with LinuxSampler without asking us first. It is a simple rule and IMHO just fair. And José: we actually granted commercial permissions for free to numerous people and companies in the past. So sometimes it is really just about common politeness instead of arguing about our license terms. CU Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Linuxsampler-devel mailing list Linuxsampler-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel
