(Semi-OT) Re: [Fxruby-users] Licensing question - I can make money, right?
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From: Rich <ri...@li...> - 2004-02-02 08:03:03
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> > I'd suggest that you get explicit permission from the various authors to do > what you intend to do. > Good point, and easy enough to do. Thanks!! > btw, as Ruby is an interpreted language, I'm curious as to how you are going > to hide your intellectual property from prying eyes. I was under the, perhaps > incorrect, impression that it is technically impossible. Doesn't that render 3 easy steps: 1. Make sure that the 'prying' eyes aren't able to get your client - even if they get your source code. 2. The 1% that could get the source wouldn't bother with competing - I'm a little company. 3. Plus a lot of the projects I'm involved in are one time deals. After I'm payed they are free to do what they want with what they have, I just don't want to have to be _required_ to 'give' them the source code. Technically I've given it to them already, but they don't know that, and I don't want to have to tell them that. I want them to come to me for modifications / scope-creep. Consider it social-engineering... for defense not offense. > these discussions somewhat moot especially when one remembers that there is > absolutely no restriction on selling GPL software or services. > I'm curious as to how this applies. I'm not asking how it applies to be obnoxious - I really don't know. I think what you're trying to tell me is that I give them the source code to the project, and simply charge them for the time I've spent creating the code... rather than charging them for the code? That's what I had intended to do. Again, I just don't want to be _forced_ to 'release' my source code for a project involving FXRuby where I made money. I really appreciate the discussion we're having, but I wonder if we're not the only ones who care... maybe this would be better left for our brains instead of the email servers... :-) Thanks! -Rich |