diff --git a/dosp-survey.ltx b/dosp-survey.ltx index 2877ae6b761e33fdf7d6dfe9c30f87dc73290a3a..c1072c737aa5933d6326ede2d2c3028cd0ec114a 100644 --- a/dosp-survey.ltx +++ b/dosp-survey.ltx @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ beginnings through today, shows some clear trends: "as soon as we find the right non-profit home for it", etc. Probably includes bounty mechanisms, but only if these were intended --- that is, not ``buy-outs". +\emph{James thinks this is also not really DOSP in the same sense, +although it's a category that quite a few people wrote in about.} \end{itemize} @@ -97,10 +99,26 @@ We've also seen one-time delays for new projects whose developers state a concrete intention to convert those projects to an open source license. They may have non-economic reasons for those delays, such as shame about poor code quality, concern about security issues that may be apparent in -unaudited source code, a need to procure permissions from other copyright -holders, a desire to establish a community or governance structure, or -a plan to incorporate a legal entity. - +unaudited source code, initial uncertainty about which license to choose, +a need to procure permissions from other copyright holders, a desire to +establish a community or governance structure, or a plan to incorporate +a legal entity. They may initially publish source code with no license +at all (which is not considered open source, because it does not grant +users rights to modify and redistribute the code), or they may publish +a binary-only demo version or versions. Although these scenarios involve +an intent to publish something as open source in the future, they are +also rather different from the cases we focus on here, for example +with regard to whether the delay is \emph{desired} by the authors, +whether it's \emph{predictable} to users, and whether it's expected to +\emph{recur}. + +% The BUSL AUGs also seem to show (especially among database developers?) +% a desire to prohibit direct competition with the original developer's +% own business. A significant number of BUSL AUGs explicitly allow +% commercial production use if it doesn't compete commercially with the +% original developer. Are there particular stories about how this has +% happened? Has it happened repeatedly? Is it something investors are +% especially concerned about? \numberedsection{Scheduled Relicensing}\label{scheduled}