It is the time again, trying to remind companies.
Last year we received 3 months of contracting for JogAmp only,
guess we are rather frugal - but much better than nothing :)
I could add 3 other bigger companies where direct negotiation fell through
while others didn't respond at all. So is biz and life.
What surely puzzles me is that many build a product using JogAmp,
surely just one of many other modules, without maintenance and being at full risk.
Again,
our little company is open to long term contracting regarding JogAmp
or other work.
Hence I have to pick priorities - or better necessities - in the next weeks once again
and need to follow first-come first-serve to keep the fridge not empty.
For non-commercial users there shall be no real impact,
but I might not be able to support companies for a while.
The license discussion also came back and if anybody has ideas in this regard, please share.
Personally I dislike this path going forward.
I even don't like to hold back work, just because certain entities will use it.
OK, enough
whining ;-)
We have to see what the next weeks will bring.
Sven Gothel wrote
All big & medium sized firms – as well other hybrid commercial projects,
are strongly invited to contact me to discuss the next steps forward (if any).
I would suggest to setup meetings with their stakeholders and discuss a plan forward.
A one person full time compensation might be enough, two person support would be awesome.
See
How to pay professional maintainers.^^ this is not directed to any hobby or small-biz entity using the project,
but more so directed at whats left in the ethics department of the bigger corps & orgs :-/
Interestingly enough, it always were the small biz corps supporting this project the most!
THANK YOU!
It became clear again over last months and years, that mostly relative small companies
are helping the project and even dare to contract work.
Whether it be so called big non-profit organizations like NASA or commercial entities like
Siemens, Dassault, Thales, ... only to name a few from my head - even pro-active attempts to 'get along' are fruitless.
This would also impact their so called 'non-profit' co-operations.
A license change shall not impact work and usage for all non 'big corps' at all.
However the terms must be well defined, I am aware of that.
All addressed 'big corps' would be required to request a license and hence start communication.
It goes without saying that they would either be required to contract one of us or 'chip in' otherwise.
It may just result that they drop using related work, which is also OK for me personally.
This thought is now in the open and your input is valuable.
Yes .. this is not really the way it should be - and probably also a waste of time.
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