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I don't know much about these things and I'm making this up as we go but I wonder if we can use AGPL or a stronger version of AGPL. Basically, you pay for a sub
by mcny 8y ago
I don't know much about these things and I'm making this up as we go but I wonder if we can use AGPL or a stronger version of AGPL. Basically, you pay for a subscription or everything on your servers that touches this software must be free and open source. Should work for researchers and students and there is a continued revenue stream. For example, require any software that talks to a rest API also be foss. With more people paying, the subscription can slowly become cheaper and more accessible. Thoughts?
- tormeh 8y agoMany companies already do this. See Mobicents, which we use at my current job.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoThoughts? It depends. In my own business I decided open source 'customers' are more trouble than they are worth so I do very little. Just the fact that people are willing to pay for my software is a strong validation that I'm doing something useful and on the right course.