I agree. I can't see how you can build a business model out of this. We already lower the cost for our customers by using open source as much as possible.
Luc P. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:16, Colin Fleming <colin.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm the author of Cursive, which I'm planning to sell and which will be > (mostly) closed source. What I don't see here is what would be the advantage > to me in using this license? I'm not releasing closed source because I'm > evil, but because I want Cursive development to be sustainable so I can > continue to develop it and my family can continue to eat and not live in > cardboard boxes. Charging for closed source software is the only realistic > model I can see that achieves this goal. > > I suspect the Datomic team's reasoning is similar - their pricing is far from > outrageous for the sort of product they're offering. What would be the > advantage to them in doing this? They would simply lose the ability to charge > in two years' time, and they would also lose the vast majority of their > clients who also wouldn't want to be bound by these restrictions. Nobody > wins, as far as I can see. > >> On 5 June 2015 at 22:17, Fergal Byrne <fergalbyrnedub...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> An old-school C++ dev and I have started an initiative to combine the best >> of Open Source with a limited commercial license. It's not a new idea - >> MySQL creator Monty Widenius thought of something less viral in 2013 [1]. >> >> The Time-Bombed Open License [2] is the commercial side of a dual-licensed >> project, best paired with something strongly viral like GPL. Essentially, >> the project owner has 2 (up to 4) years to commercialise their product and >> then must go fully Open Source. The license is viral, so any commercial >> licensees must also use the TBOL and eventually open up their derived >> products. >> >> One major idea is to foster a culture of disruption of exploitative >> industries. If you can develop software to disrupt in your local market, >> your innovation can be used similarly by others elsewhere, and each new >> startup can improve on your work while earning their keep. Eventually, all >> derived products become Open Source and are free to all. >> >> We'd appreciate any comments, feedback and assistance from the wonderful >> Clojure community - we're up on twitter at @OccupyStartups. >> >> Regards, >> >> Fergal Byrne >> >> p.s. I wonder if this might be a solution to the clamour for Datomic to be >> Open Sourced (cough)? >> >> [1] >> http://monty-says.blogspot.ie/2013/06/business-source-software-license-with.html >> [2] http://occupystartups.me >> >> -- >> >> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT >> >> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology >> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne >> >> Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure - >> https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex >> >> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC >> Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines >> >> e:fergalbyrnedub...@gmail.com t:+353 83 4214179 >> Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org >> Formerly of Adnet edi...@adnet.ie http://www.adnet.ie >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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