[libre-riscv-dev] kazan | Dual license (#6)

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

PS I am annoyed with myself for not asking questions in my previous
replies. Feel free to assume that what I wrote is up for examination,
questioning and alternatives.

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 03:29 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Or pay us.
> >
> If we're going to allow people to buy a proprietary license from us, we
> need to have that in a contributor agreement because not all the
> contributor's have agreed to allow that.


I hadn't specifically discussed it, however it's part of the Charter to
ensure that everyone is financially rewarded.


>  We will also need a method of
> determining how much each contributor is payed based on how much they
> contributed and a method for contributors to specifically opt-out/opt-in of
> receiving any payment for some of their code since they may have had
> conflicting agreements with other people/organizations at the time of
> contribution.
>
>
I had heard of something called "slicing pie" which has proven extremely
effective. The principle is that the number of shares issued increases
continuously as each contribution is added, according to the direct
proportionate value of that contribution.

People may at any time request receipt of either shares or of cash or a mix
of both in any proportion that equals the value of their contribution.
Obviously if there is not enough available cash then they would *need* to
receive shares.


Thus, there is no fixed and unequal founders who get more because they
started earlier, then do absolutely nothing and get all the money when
everyone else did the actual work.

My friend mentioned this scheme to someone who is used to spongeing and
controlling others: he hated it. Which is a good sign :)


I suggest we set up a token on ethereum that we give some to each
> contributor at the time of contribution (or somewhat later to save
> transaction fees) and then when we are payed, we split the payment evenly
> between all the owners of the token with a threshold amount being required
> so we don't have to pay much more in the form of transaction fees. this
> allows owners of the token to sell their share or buy more. the token would
> basically act like stock.
>
>
Good idea except for ethereum having been recently compromised by over 50%
processing power.

Decred might be a better fit, although I like the idea of executable
contracts.

Needs investigating.




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