Re: AW: [Devil-linux-develop] donations

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Gunther Stammwitz wrote:

>first of all: I like the idea of donations very much. People CAN pay but
>they aren't forced to. (Paypal would be fine since it's easy to use and
>fast. A server in a 1U-design for example doesn't cost more than 600 ?uros)
>
Gunther you should know this: when a company gives a donation, do they 
need any receipts?
I think for this, we would have to create a organization, to be legal.

>Before we think about changeing the license we have to think about one
>important question: who owns the devil-linux code. A lot of people have
>contributed code to the devil-linux community. If we change the license and
>charge any fees we'll have to ask everyone for his permission, right ?
>I remember that sourceforge did the same when they changed the license.
>
Right. Changing the license is currently the last option for me.

>We have to make sure that devillinux will be available for free to every
>private user.
>
That's for sure and will never change.

>The idea of a enterprise-license for companies is not bad.
>
The goal is not to make a lot of money (but would be nice), it's more to 
support the project.

>What about additional alternative models of makeing money: selling support,
>selling the development of specific modules and consulting and so...
>
I was also thinking about this: selling CDs, selling firewall rules, ....
We can also append the following to the license: when people earn money 
with Devil-Linux (any type of services), they have to donate 10%.

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  Heiko

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