Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:12:10 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Michael Dean" <mdean@sourceview.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can the following license be used for ported programs? Message-ID: <bef9a7920709231512x2e48004dsb7bbb321de34327f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46F6E3B9.5060404@sourceview.com> References: <bef9a7920709231010r3f52b894v4c30856322291c74@mail.gmail.com> <46F6E1F1.401@sourceview.com> <bef9a7920709231502o44748c82u5eabc8e9d61294fc@mail.gmail.com> <46F6E3B9.5060404@sourceview.com>
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If you read the 1st blog entry and the FAQ for the certifying agency you will see why dual licenses are: 1. For the most part impossible to prevent the "free rider" issue 2. Is inherently unfair to contributors 3. Without the fee for execution (instead of just "commercial use") it is very hard to actually make a living from such an venture (see 1st blog entry and certification requirements on the Miai site) --Aryeh On 9/23/07, Michael Dean <mdean@sourceview.com> wrote: > > you gave enough information in the opening paragraph. I will wager that > every response you get will be negative. Why not just try the mysql dual > license model, it seems less "tricky-dicky" > > > Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Is that based on gut feeling or a study of the links offered? > > --Aryeh > > On 9/23/07, Michael Dean <mdean@sourceview.com> wrote: > > > no matter how hard you try, you can't take your sow's ear and turn it > into a silk purse. > > Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > My company develops software under a commercial "open source" (see > links for details) and I want to know if my license is close enough to > open source (see links for why it is not 100% OSD compliant [it is 95% > compliant]). Specifically does the business model as outlined in my > blog (the third installment should be out later today), my business > model page, the third party certifier and license allow for inclusion > in the ports collection. Keep in mind that the source is available > to anyone but execution is conditioned on attachment A of the license > and after the trial period (30 days) is paid for software. > > License: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/license.php > Official statement of my business model: > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/bmodel.php > Blog entries: > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/blogs/aryeh/FOSS.php > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/blogs/aryeh/SIW_Background.php > Third party group (due to DNS issues is currently hosted on my domain > but is not officially associated with my company): > http://www.flosoft-systems.com/miai/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > >
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