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Tony Hoyle wrote: >>> I don't object to the post, but feel the concept is completely >>> backwards - expecting to get paid upfront for opensource work? >> >> Aren't there quite some university coders that produce open source code >> and get paid up front? > > I think google sponsors some.. not sure how they pay them - I think they > get it on delivery. They may get an initial amount upfront too. Now, come on... there are a number of companies that hire programmers for work on open-source projects, aren't there? There are also any number of university employees who open-source their work. All these get paid up front. That's not a strange or rare concept. > Certainly the coders don't go to google and start setting terms! Well... whenever two entities start to talk about collaboration, someone has to start proposing terms :) >> I don't really know what the OP is talking about, but something like a >> stock exchange for open source (not necessarily GPL or free) code >> copyrights could be interesting. > It's been tried and really didn't get anywhere. There was a website > where people could post requirements for features, and others could > sponsor programmers to write it. What happened is you ended up with > thousands of requests and very few sponsors.. companies that pay for > stuff generally want to own the code [...] Well, what I was writing about seems to be different: something like a stock exchange for copyrights. Companies /could/ own the rights if they buy them. But this has nothing to do with cvs(nt), so I'll try to keep my mouth shut now :) Gerhard