[haiku-inc] Issues with selling the codebase.
- From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-inc <haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 03:33:26 +0000
This leads into aldeck's thread, but it's different enough to justify
a seprate thread ...
There may be issues with selling the codebase -- without even touching
the TM issues.
Scottmc pointed out some code licenses that have non-commercial clauses*1.
Dealing with this is a more important issue, as it applies to even a non-TM
product. I don't see the NPO being responsible for resolving this. For
instance, if Haiku, Inc. received permission to sell a commercial product with
that non-commercial code, I doubt that we would be able to extend that
permission to other vendors.
Some days after that thread, I sent Dane an email off-list, letting him know
that those licenses may pose an issue for him. This didn't fix anything, but
at least one company that has expressed interest and a willingness to help
the Project knows about it.
Other than that, I haven't looked into this. Should a ticket be opened
that details which non-commercial code is in our standard release?
How else can this be addressed?
--mmadia
1: http://haiku.it.su.se:8180/source/search?q=non-commercial
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