On Friday 02 May 2003 10:30, PFJ wrote: > My full time job is IT Support Officer at Salford University, I do some > contract work for friends. Problem with mixing the two for something > like scribus is that the paid for work couldn't really be incorporated > into the final app, but would have to be released as the final binary > includes GPL code.
Hi, Some time ago people began talking about 'bonusses' given out for accomplishing this or that feature. One of the most famous is perhaps the X-Box bonus paid by the guy from lindows. AFAIK, the code is still GPLed. So, you wouldn't do a special version for Mr. Johnson which would include what he asks for. Rather he'd pay you a bonus for your efforts to concentrate on implementing this special feature instead of doing something else (like going out with your wife - Mr. Johnson better had to have a good offer ;-) So, I didn't propose that you make a special version for Mr. Johnson. I just thought it would be nice of him to pay you something if you implement this much-needed (from his point of view) function that he only found in other, much more expensive closed-source versions. Linus PS: Sometimes I get the feeling that lots of people think the only advantage of GPLed software is that it's for free. You want a feature? Instead of waiting a year and pay for a new version like you'd have to do with a commercial product, just ask for it and you get it for free. I think it's a pitty and it's wrong to think like that. GPLed software has come a long way, and I think it isn't wasted money to say: here you have some money for this or that feature. And yes, I did already contribute to a project in that way... PPS: I started a new thread, just in case somebody is interested in discussing bonus work for GPL ;-) PPPS: And if you scream: off-topic, just re-read the thread that started with the title 'command line interface'... -- ------------------------------ Linus Gasser Chemin des C?dres 1 1004 Lausanne 021 647 53 05 http://www.linusetviviane.ch ------------------------------
