Trying to make economic sense of open sourcing livecode

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks Mark.

As mentioned, I know nothing of C++ so this isn't going to affect me.  But
it doesn't seem unreasonable that someone who is willing to contribute code
into a free product might feel like they should be compensated should that
code be incorporated into a product that costs money.  Or perhaps I'm
missing the point of open source software.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> It is open source and therefore the author doesn't need to be compensated
> and yes RunRev has access to that code. If RunRev decides to use the new
> code, they have to provide the new engine as open source, which you might
> consider a form of compensation for everyone who has contributed any code.
>
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> On 2/1/2013 19:42, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> Apologies if this has already been discussed but I have a licensing
>> question
>>
>> Fast forward a few months, the code base is open source and the free
>> version of LC is available.  Someone adds a feature to to the open source
>> (not me, I have no C++ knowledge).  People using the free
>> version obviously have access to it.
>>
>> Does RunRev have access to the code for that feature to include in the
>> commercial version of Livecode?  If so, do they have an obligation to
>> compensate the original author of the code?
>>
>> Pete
>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>>
>
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