[REBOL] Re: It's NOT Free.. (was) Re: Re: The future of Rebol - achieving criti
From: chrismorency:videotron:ca at: 21-May-2001 21:20
Hi,
This may not be the best idea for a business model, considering I haven't
given a lot of thoughts and I usually don't bother myself thinking about
Business model or license ;), but it would simplify a lot of things :
How about a licensing model based on a percentage ?
For instance, let's say that a company write a software completely
developped using Rebol Technologies (ie 100%), then 10% (just an idea) from
what this company receives with this software must be sent to Rebol
Technologies for "further research and development" ! And the use of Rebol
in the system is a third-way contract : Client/Developper/Rebol
Technologies... then all three parts acknowledge the use of Rebol for this
particular task.
If the software's functionalities are partly written in C++ and Rebol. Let's
say 25% Rebol and 75% C++, then 10% (same idea) of 25% from what this
company receives with this software is sent to RT.
In the case a RT-developped software is written for internal business, the
company could offer a % of their income or an amount equals to what Rebol
helps them achieve to help RT further research and development, this can
even be an advantage since they might get taxes reduction ;)
If the software developped is freeware/shareware, then RT gets only
publicity and almost no $ or a very small % ;)
Because AFAIK, according to the new license, if I distribute a script in
Rebol, all of my eventual users would have to pay 99$ to run it under
rebol/view !!!
In the case of the Bank of America, I'm sure RT would be interested in
getting a % instead of a fixed price ;)
In this kind of system, RT becomes more of a researh and development center
...
best,
Chris
