Re: Charging the Charger [was: GPL v3 public performance idea?]

>But another aspect of this is that for 3 years (maximum in hypothesis),
>the initial copyright holder would probably also have to support the
>product, and if that is the case, then what's the difference between
>GPLing with a support contract? I don't see one. It's just another way
>to collect money - the actuality is really the same.

Agreed, support is one issue.  But, another reason why users sometimes pay 
for software is that there is often functionality not offered in competing 
products.  This is also a key reason why for-profit firms _write_ software 
and this motive ought to at least be acknowledged by a license.

In a version of the model we're developing, we can consider the proportion 
of developers who are freedom versus profit motivated and this does seem to 
change the kind of license that becomes optimal.

MVA