Jimekus
03-29-2004, 07:25 PM
What I need right now is a new license that protects its
activities and gives me peace of mind.
This morning on a news hunch I started to investigate the MySQL
dual licensing arrangements and I can see how they can be
adapted from using the term "application" to "activities". The
key may be in redistributing changes to the application to the
public in order to obtain the existing GPL-like license as well
as redistributing run-time state information to the network
whenever a free copy is run. Like in the MySQL example, my
commercial licensees could elect not to re-distribute either
source and/or run-time state information.
The reason for this is though I can speak for myself, even
saying, "that if this comes off I promised long ago not to
terminate until September 7th 2996 and that went for my copies
and any reconstructions thereof. I see no reason to change that
offer but I can't speak for terrorists who might subvert the
code and/or cut short my life."
Because my existing license allows for dual licensing I am
thinking about adopting a run-time aspect as well and need help
getting the NSA to vet it /(protect my butt). Therefore I may
feel safer that in the wild any free copies should be
advertising themselves and the sort of work they are doing;
which clusters the world at large can monitor.
I also need lots of collaboration when the time is right.
Specifically salesmen will come round to sell you a commercial
license based on the volumes of the state information provided
by all the free run-time usage compared with your own. This
should be meaningful bandwidth.
Would someone check these links and tell me what thoughts a
lawyer would write to link it to my existing license to achieve
the above and/or security.
http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Eincome/ingridx/ingridx_free_public_license.htm
Thanx,
Jimekus
activities and gives me peace of mind.
This morning on a news hunch I started to investigate the MySQL
dual licensing arrangements and I can see how they can be
adapted from using the term "application" to "activities". The
key may be in redistributing changes to the application to the
public in order to obtain the existing GPL-like license as well
as redistributing run-time state information to the network
whenever a free copy is run. Like in the MySQL example, my
commercial licensees could elect not to re-distribute either
source and/or run-time state information.
The reason for this is though I can speak for myself, even
saying, "that if this comes off I promised long ago not to
terminate until September 7th 2996 and that went for my copies
and any reconstructions thereof. I see no reason to change that
offer but I can't speak for terrorists who might subvert the
code and/or cut short my life."
Because my existing license allows for dual licensing I am
thinking about adopting a run-time aspect as well and need help
getting the NSA to vet it /(protect my butt). Therefore I may
feel safer that in the wild any free copies should be
advertising themselves and the sort of work they are doing;
which clusters the world at large can monitor.
I also need lots of collaboration when the time is right.
Specifically salesmen will come round to sell you a commercial
license based on the volumes of the state information provided
by all the free run-time usage compared with your own. This
should be meaningful bandwidth.
Would someone check these links and tell me what thoughts a
lawyer would write to link it to my existing license to achieve
the above and/or security.
http://www.mysql.com/products/licensing.html
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Eincome/ingridx/ingridx_free_public_license.htm
Thanx,
Jimekus