[REBOL] Re: It's NOT Free.. (was) Re: Re: The future of Rebol - achieving criti
From: chris:starforge:demon at: 22-May-2001 11:03
Graham Chiu wrote:
> Someone writes a killer View application, and releases it as
> freeware. Several employees of a small company find it
> useful. Do they all need to pay for a commercial license?
And here's another, one that has actually happened:
Someone writes a powerful and comprehensive REBOL based bug report
and tracking tool called ROACH. The system is so easy to use that
some of his friends ask for copies to maintain bug databases for
game mods. This is obviously free, but it's not personal... grey
area 1.
The writer of this script package works as a research associate at
a UK university, where he writes, maintains and teaches C, Java and
several other distance learning courses. To keep track of the bugs
in the packages he can either scribble down the emails from course
members in his logbook, or he can bring in the software he wrote
at home and install it on the server he maintains at work. This could
be seen as personal, because said developer is just using it to make
his life easier, but the courses are commercial. The developer is now
faced with the prospect of trying to persuade his boss that paying
a license fee for a package that is not needed, and only runs a piece
of third party software that was installed just to make one person'd
life easier, is necessary.. or he can just leave it on his personal
server and set up a project there... grey areas abound...
Chris
