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[Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?

From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
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Subject: [Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:07:15 +0100

Useful distinctions drawn and interesting conclusions reached by Sun
Microsystems:

http://www.sys-con.com/java/46131.cfm

The idea that distros are like publications of gathered content is the
reverse of an idea I've been pushing to friends in Open Content for a while
now. Editorial style and content is the added value that makes it worth
paying for (f|F)ree content.

This stance is interesting because it isn't focussing on getting a "more
commercial" license or on containing projects within a corporation, but it is
very much focussed on providing a compelling value proposition to consumers
and making a profit.

Slashdot discussion, beware usual signal-to-noise ratio :-) :

http://slashdot.org/articles/04/08/27/135258.shtml?tid=102&tid=117&tid=187&tid=1

- Rob.

[Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/23/2004
- Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Marshall Van Alstyne, 08/24/2004
  - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
    - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Joseph Lorenzo Hall, 08/26/2004
      - [Cc-bizcom] "Open Source Baselines: Compared to What?", Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
    - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Andrea Glorioso, 08/26/2004
      - Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Rob Myers, 08/26/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] Dual Licensing, Joseph Lorenzo Hall, 08/26/2004
        
        [Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?, Rob Myers, 08/27/2004
        
        Re: [Cc-bizcom] How Can Companies Profit While Giving Code Away?, Marshall Van Alstyne, 08/29/2004