Re: ongoing projects
Bob Tinker (bob@concord.org)
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:03:21 -0500
This is less of a problem than people imagine. One *can* put a copyright
notice on any project material and then distribute it widely. Sometimes
you want to put a notice of expiration on the materials to better protect
your future vendor. The versions one distributes are usually not as
finished as a vendor needs, so there is an incentive for any user of your
free stuff to trade up to a bullet-proof, full-function version. You can
sell your vendor on this by using the Netscape model--build market share
with free stuff.
r
>I am Kurt Maly at Old Dominion where we are in the second year of a
>distance learning project targeted for college audiences. In this
>discussion so far I see one theme emerging: everyone has a different
>idea as to what dissemination means. Examples are:
>being recognized in academic circles
>local community knows about project
>participants know how to use results
>In my mind the true test for successful dissemination is that products
>are getting used by other than project participants in both the local
>community(first goal) and the national community(or even international).
>We are aiming at eventual commercializing of our system but are
>running into a classical catch 22. On the one hand we want to give our
>source to other researchers for experimentation, on the other hand our
>research office tells us we need to protect the code for eventual
>commercialization.
>Any comments?
>kurt maly
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