Brian Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The ideals of OSS, as expressed by ESR, are just as restrictive as
> commercial licenses because they explicitly forbid the use of any OSS code
> in any commercial product. This only serves to drive a wedge between OSS
> and commercial software. This is
David A. Desrosiers wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> 20% of my time is specifically allocated to supporting and
>continuing the development of open source projects -- on the payroll --
>without question.
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Who do you work for again? Do they need more engineers??
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-Richard M
David A. Desrosiers wrote in message <29712@palm-dev-forum>...
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> 20% of my time is specifically allocated to supporting and
>continuing the development of open source projects -- on the payroll --
>without question.
...
Who do you work for again? Do they need more engineers??
--
-Richa
> The big name OSS projects Linux (and its variants), Mozilla (and what
> will soon become its multitude of variants), and StarOffice have
> either had large corporate backers to keep the programmers fed and
> happy, or been run by a group of fanatics/fanatics that derived their
> income from oth
7, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration / etc.
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> As someone who's about to start actually trying to sell a program, rather
> than provide it as freeware, I've followed this discussion with a lot of
> interest.
>
> Two or t
As someone who's about to start actually trying to sell a program, rather
than provide it as freeware, I've followed this discussion with a lot of
interest.
Two or three years ago I read something on one of the palm newsgroups
that stuck with me. Someone wrote that the purpose of copy protecti
On 26-Oct-2000 Craig Evans wrote:
> Registration schemes need to be easy for the user to implement. The users
> that want the software and regularly use the software will be the ones that
> buy it - everything should be geared so that its convenient for them to
> register. Users that don't pay wo
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> Subject: Re: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration / etc.
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> > Palm Inc. seems to have found another go
> Palm Inc. seems to have found another golden mean with PalmOS - the
> source (partially) is available under NDA, and the apps are open.
> I think they are making money :). Wither CE? [A. yes].
this is a very nice solution. the source is only opened to people
willing to sign an NDA, and wit
On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 03:21:27AM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
> Tom Zerucha wrote:
> The ideals of OSS, as expressed by ESR, are just as restrictive as
> commercial licenses because they explicitly forbid the use of any OSS code
> in any commercial product. This only serves to drive a wedge betw
Brian Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The ideals of OSS, as expressed by ESR, are just as restrictive as
> commercial licenses because they explicitly forbid the use of any OSS code
> in any commercial product. This only serves to drive a wedge between OSS
> and commercial software. This i
Tom Zerucha wrote:
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> I am not condemning them. But it is an alternative, and does put food
> on the table (Heard of Red Hat? VA Linux?). It just isn't the
> traditional model. I have considered doing shareware and did so back
> in the '80s. It didn't put food on the table, and I calcula
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 12:10:05AM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
> And here is where I think the real problem lies. You believe in
> OpenSource. OpenSource, however, does not put food on the table. It's a
> very good idea, but you seem to be condemning (much like Mr. Raymond)
> anyone else who doe
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