Hi!
On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:47:20 PM UTC+1, William wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 1:28 PM, maldun <dom...@gmx.net <javascript:>>
> wrote:
> > That's great to hear!
> >
> > Although I don't know If GPL3 is the best choice ...
>
> I actually didn't have an option regarding GPL or not.
>
> Not even LGPL or at least GPL2?
> > Are there already alternative plans to make funding from SMC, since
> closed
> > Source is not an option anymore?
> > (I think this topic is important, since resources are a major issue)
>
> I don't know yet, but I still hope it will be possible to start a
> company around hosting of SMC, even with SMC being open source. It
> likely will provide less revenue, and be more difficult to get
> investment. However, I'm optimistic that at least _something_ will be
> possible, which in the longterm will have the intended impact
> (supporting core Sage development).
>
> William
>
> Just some ideas that would come to my mind:
- The software is open, but hosting doesn't have to be
- Premium accounts with extras
- More available processing power for money
- One idea could be mimiing Github: All worksheets are open, except
you pay some bucks/month
- Goodies (e.g. alternative skins for the interface)
- Apps for smartphones: The flashcard app Anki does this. Although it
is OS they charge money for smartphone interfaces
- GPL does not forbid adding commercial extra packages, as long they are
standalone enough.
- The classic: Advertisment
- Stefan
> >
> > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:47:05 PM UTC+1, William wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> SageMathCloud is now completely open source. The complete source
> >> code is here, so if you've ever wondered how something in SMC works,
> >> you can now find out...
> >>
> >> https://github.com/sagemath/cloud
> >>
> >> There is also a new developer mailing list:
> >>
> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/sage-cloud-devel
> >>
> >>
> >> Question: Why is SMC open source?
> >>
> >> Answer: Two of the four NSF grants that very substantially supported
> >> SMC development had explicit open source requirements.
> >>
> >>
> >> -- William
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> William Stein
> >> Professor of Mathematics
> >> University of Washington
> >> http://wstein.org
> >
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