Software licenses

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 10/28/08 6:41 PM, "william humphrey" <shoreagent at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wondering. We can release a compiled version of a program written with
> RunRev and Valentina database as "freeware" with the "share alike license"
> but what about opening up the code under a license that allows improvements
> and asks for those improvements back?
> All this would take is distributing an unlocked RunRev stack and a Valentina
> database and then telling the downloaders they have to go buy their copy of
> RunRev and their own copy of Valentina to use it?
> 
> I guess this would be exactly like someone doing a similar thing with a C+
> program?
> 
> What is the best license to use in this case?
> 
> The GNU public license is the one I like where anyone can make changes in
> the software as long as they make those changes freely available.
> 
> Perhaps I should release a free compiled version for each platform and then
> also the source code with the GNU license and as well links to RunRev and
> Valentina so potential software-improvers can easily come up to speed?
> 
> I haven't seen any RunRev projects released like this but in my industry the
> software costs millions of dollars (shipping - manifest generation stuff )
> and I'd like to see what happens when a similar product is released for
> free.

They will kill you? :)

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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
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