From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B529BC75 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:19:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1N7JQTt008643 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:19:26 +0100 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA18915 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:19:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from first.in-berlin.de (dialin-145-254-062-203.arcor-ip.net [145.254.62.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1N7JN1X008622 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:19:24 +0100 Received: by first.in-berlin.de (Postfix, from userid 501) id D06CFAF13F; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:18:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:18:39 +0100 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Cross-platform "Hello, World" graphical application in OCaml Message-ID: <20050223001839.GD429@first.in-berlin.de> References: <20050222120308.GA2975@furbychan.cocan.org> <200502222123.31485.jon@jdh30.plus.com> <421BAEA3.2070106@ntlworld.com> <200502222300.01100.jon@jdh30.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502222300.01100.jon@jdh30.plus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 421C2E7E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 421C2E7B.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; oliver:01 bandel:01 oliver:01 in-berlin:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 gpl:01 ...:98 compensated:98 in-house:98 ....:98 ...:98 ......:98 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 11:00:00PM +0000, Jon Harrop wrote: > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 22:13, you wrote: > > I'm not in a position to pay that kind of money (just a student right > > now), but in general, it would depend on the licence terms and whether > > you were offering support as well as a license. > > > > It also depends on the product... people have to evaluate it somehow > > before committing money to it. To raise awareness people have to know > > it exists, which means apps have to use it. > > I think licensing would be best done by following TrollTech's example with Qt. > I'd provide some level of support, of course, but I couldn't be at a user's > beck and call unless I was compensated appropriately. > > My concern is whether or not anyone would be willing to pay me for a > commercial license. If people only want to use the code for in-house projects > and to develop open source Linux software then it would be silly for me to > give it away when I could keep it closed source and sell it (or software > derived from it). Give the sources free (GPL) and write more books.... ... or do it like Kai's powertools...... as shareware...? Or sell it as GPL-software... ...or sell it to a big company and get big money right now (or some percents of each license sold). Ciao, Oliver