[pp.int.general] 3-step usage rights / forced licensing model

[Christian Hufgard]

Pasi Palmulehto wrote:
>> The BSA believes in bounties... And they seem to be pretty successfull.
>> :)
>
> I think they have give up on granting bounties..at least so I've heard
> about Finland. Still most of small (1-2 person) companies I know, use
> pirate windows. Gladly I've lately installed linux for most of them.

That company would also be not prone to bounties. :)

>> That's exactly the model I prefere. The more freedoms you grant, the
>> more protection you receive.
>
> This sounds good to me too unless someone has a heavy objection with
> good reasoning. This also helps on another thing. I was wondering how to
> deal foreign works that are not on databank and has no representative
> who would add them.
>
> In matter of fact, after this addition, functionality of databank would
> pretty much go the same line what RMS suggested, correct?

The idea behind the escrow Richard described would be to force any company
to release its sourcecode - at least after five years. I do like this
idea, because after that time clever guys could check for example, if
Skype is clean or not, but I think this is more an academic question.


Christian