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Open Source/Proprietary - An Issue of Two Codebases?
g00mba_b0y asks: "For the past year I and a small team of developers have been working on an open source targeted, general business application framework. I say targeted because we have not yet selected a licensing model and placed the code in the public domain (we are working on some specific functional targets). I recently demonstrated the framework to a potential client who liked what they saw, and wants to use the software for their flagship product. In addition, they want to hire me to further the development of the framework as well as participate in the development. The sticking point is the structure of the legal agreement. I'm really interested in two things: the experiences of developers who are doing something like this (how did you address the IP issues); and links to any information on this subject."
"We agree in principle that the framework related development that they will be funding should be available for open source licensing, while code related to their business should remain proprietary. The tough part is coming up with a legalese definition of where the boundary lies, and a means of addressing disagreements when they occur.
I've done my homework and found a ton of information on licensing strategies, motivations for OSS, etc., but nothing so far that addresses how companies, who are funding open source initiatives alongside commercial development efforts, draw the line between the two."
I guess not.
People living in glass house . . should change in the basement. -- vm
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Courtesy of www.talkingpointsmemo.com :
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... before (it) came out," he said.
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According to a story just hitting the wires by UPI's Shaun Waterman, the report from the joint
congressional 9/11 inquiry, which will be released
tomorrow, concludes not only that Iraq had no
connection with the 9/11 attacks but that there was no evidence for any Iraq-al-Qaida connection.
Some interesting tidbits
Former Democratic Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, who was a member of the joint congressional committee that produced the report, confirmed the official's statement.
Asked whether he believed the report will reveal that there was no connection between al-Qaida and Iraq, Cleland replied: "I do
connection, and that's been confirmed by some of (al-Qaida leader Osama) bin Laden's terrorist followers."
"The administration sold the connection (between Iraq and al-Qaida) to scare the pants off the
American people and justify the war," said Cleland. "What you've seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends."
Although the committee completed its work at the end of last year, publication of the report has been delayed by interminable wrangles between the committees and the administration over which parts of it could be declassified.
Cleland accused the administration of deliberately delaying the report's release to avoid having its case for war undercut.
"The reason this report was delayed for so long -- deliberately opposed at first, then slow-walked after it was created -- is that the administration
wanted to get the war in Iraq in and over
"Had this report come out in January like it should have done, we would have known these things before the war in Iraq, which would not have
suited the administration."
[A government official who's read the report] went on to suggest that the conclusions drawn from the
information about [a key piece of alleged evidence for a Iraq-al Qaida connection] was indicative of a wider-ranging problem with the administration's attitude to intelligence on the alleged Iraq al-Qaida link.
"They take a fact that you could draw several different conclusions from, and in every case they draw the conclusion that supports the policy, without any particular evidence that would meet the normal bar that analytic tradecraft would require for you to make that conclusion," he concluded.
Administration backers will reasonably note that
former Senator Cleland might be said to have a bit of a bone to pick with the White House. After all, they spearheaded a campaign against him that charged that he, a Vietnam vet and triple amputee, was soft on national defense. So maybe some will say that Cleland's credibility is suspect. But, then, everyone's credibility is stretched a bit thin these days, ain't it
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Cheers,
W00t
Guys, we should be celebrating!!! Now, one man-one vote has become if-you're-a-nerd-you-can-vote-a-million-times. Finally some laws we like (filesharing, open source). Oh, wait. I bet those people with lots of money will vote even more. And that's not us since we're all getting outsourced.
Seems as if Torvalds didn't have much problem doing this. But hes probably got more power to tell his 'boss' off than you do..
You said they want to hire you. What about the people you developed this with ? Sounds like there is potential for jealously / fights.
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