Re: [LMMS-devel] [Lmms-users] Fwd: LMMS customization project

[Aaron L. <aar...@gm...>]

... Just realized I didn't completely answer the question. When I said I
"might distribute it back to the community freely" what I meant is that "I
might distribute it for free of charge" (no cost). I will always distribute
any modifications "freely" as defined and required by the GPL. Hope that
clears it up.
Aaron

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Aaron Lovelace <aar...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi Syed,
> Thanks for your comments. This is what I meant by making it more stable:
>
> - Any financial contributions given to the project would allow the
> developers to continue developing and possibly allow for hiring more help if
> needed. It is seriously in my best interest to donate as much as I can back
> to the project to allow for future releases to come out faster so that even
> more people buy it.
>
> - Any bugs found in the current and/or future versions would be reported
> much more quickly due to the expanded user-base acquired through paid
> advertising.
>
> Also, sorry for any confusion on the "might" distribute back issue. I will
> certainly make any modifications available under the terms of the GPL
> license. Here is what the GPL license says about re-distributing modified
> work (found in the FAQ):
>
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLRequireAvailabilityToPublic
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowDownloadFee
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
>
> Seriously, I want to be very transparent here and don't want to be the bad
> guy. I'm an honest guy with a wife and a kid and bills to pay just like you.
> I have played music in some form for most of my life. I am a web developer
> marketing by trade with a knack for marketing and I understand and
> completely agree with the spirit of open source software. I also know that
> having a commercial arm of an open source project can seriously benefit the
> community, and this is my intention.
>
> Thanks again for all of the comments.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM, syed ali <si...@ho...> wrote:
>
>>  >1. Having a commercial arm of the project can result in a more stable
>> project in many ways.
>>
>> do not see how a commercial arm would make lmms anymore stable???
>>
>> >2. If things go well, I am sure the customers will have many requests for
>> additional features, plug-ins, etc. which I would probably have developed
>> and might distribute back to the LMMS community freely.
>>
>> what are you on about, you "might" distribute back, you have a legal
>> requirement to give anything you do back to the community. this statement
>> will only make us more wary about your intentions.
>>
>
>