[haiku-inc] Re: Issues with selling the codebase.
- From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:04:22 +1000
On 4 June 2010 13:33, Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
Well according to the search above there are 2 things to be addressed.
1. Contact DOMINIC GIAMPAOLO and get permission
2. Look more closely at Agg.
As for the rest
Many of the source files found are tests so they can be dropped upon sale
Others that came up do allow for commercial usage so we should be fine.
--
Cheers
David
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