Open Source Business Found Parasitic, and the ADCL
David K. Gasaway
dave at gasaway.org
Fri Mar 14 18:22:14 UTC 2003
Chris F Clark wrote:
> It is a model that preserves some of the attributes of open source
> (most particularly the ability of recipients to receive sources for
> such software at their whim, modify it, and redistribute it). It has
> one important and significant difference, of course, the requirement
> that certain use of the software, whether received from the original
> author or through an intermediary, still accrue royalties to the
> original author(s).
Ah, so a contributor gets nothing, while improving a product that lines
the pockets of the original author. Yes, I can see why a business might
like this model. The development community, on the other hand, might
not. ;)
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