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Commit cd4c5647 authored by Seth Schoen's avatar Seth Schoen
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Add more material about one-off delays (also comments about AUGs)

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...@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ beginnings through today, shows some clear trends: ...@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ beginnings through today, shows some clear trends:
"as soon as we find the right non-profit home for it", etc. "as soon as we find the right non-profit home for it", etc.
Probably includes bounty mechanisms, but only if these were Probably includes bounty mechanisms, but only if these were
intended --- that is, not ``buy-outs". 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} \end{itemize}
...@@ -97,10 +99,26 @@ We've also seen one-time delays for new projects whose developers state ...@@ -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. 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 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 poor code quality, concern about security issues that may be apparent in
unaudited source code, a need to procure permissions from other copyright unaudited source code, initial uncertainty about which license to choose,
holders, a desire to establish a community or governance structure, or a need to procure permissions from other copyright holders, a desire to
a plan to incorporate a legal entity. 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} \numberedsection{Scheduled Relicensing}\label{scheduled}
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