...it will fall under a very liberal license. Basically, if the code is incorporated into an existing open source project, it will fall under the licensing terms of that project. This means that any open source project can incorporate BSDI's code...
This paragraph seems a bit confusing. First, does this really mean that there is Yet Another Open Source license available?
Furthermore, since the BSDi code will be released as part of BSD which follows the BSD license, is BSDi's code is now available for commercial operating systems (eg, Windows 2K+1?, *nix)
What steps will new company take to protect against this scenario?
A number of the ideas proposed on your site, including reputation services and especially micropayments have more than a monetary toll -- they also take a toll in the privacy of the web users. When I visitted your site, you don't know much about me except my dynamic IP and my proxied browser. If I have to pay, then you know enough about me to get money.
Further, how do you propose to balance the useability enhancements against people who take advantage of them -- we're seeing all sorts of exploits of browser bugs, unexpected software behavior (ie, gohip.com) or straight out spying (lets send the URLs you visit + passwords, such as dash.com). Personally, I'd rather have a _less_ useable web if it allows me to maintain a semblence of privacy and control over my information -- when you browse, how do you feel about being tracked (ie, doubleclick style) and do you take steps against it?
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This paragraph seems a bit confusing. First, does this really mean that there is Yet Another Open Source license available?
Furthermore, since the BSDi code will be released as part of BSD which follows the BSD license, is BSDi's code is now available for commercial operating systems (eg, Windows 2K+1?, *nix)
What steps will new company take to protect against this scenario?
Further, how do you propose to balance the useability enhancements against people who take advantage of them -- we're seeing all sorts of exploits of browser bugs, unexpected software behavior (ie, gohip.com) or straight out spying (lets send the URLs you visit + passwords, such as dash.com). Personally, I'd rather have a _less_ useable web if it allows me to maintain a semblence of privacy and control over my information -- when you browse, how do you feel about being tracked (ie, doubleclick style) and do you take steps against it?