- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:17:12 +0200
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: W3C Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAKaEYhKrOjddkv18tFrq_HQbNNp5_EksRvsA+7FMPqzUt-23FQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 23:22, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > Following up with an idea on "how can we fund things in this ecosystem". > The concept of bounties came up. > > Here's a simple concept: > > Release software, documentation, and specifications under a "Bounty > License". > > The license states that the content is free for non-commercial use and > sets a bounty price to transition the license into a FOSS license. > > For example, libvc is a Verifiable Credentials library in C++. It is > under a bounty license of $50K, if the bounty is paid, it moves to BSD > 3-clause license. I can imagine three companies joining in and paying > that bounty because it reduces implementation risk for them, and they > get the software at a fraction of the cost of developing and maintaining > it themselves. The upside is that the developer is paid for their effort > vs. what happens today (leeching). > > This is easiest for software... harder for things like documentation, > videos, etc. Information that once it's out, it's out, is more > difficult. So, for those items, previews are released and the full > version is only released once the bounty is paid. > > Bounty prices would have to be above market rates... because the content > creator took on considerable risk in creating the content. > > -- manu > > PS: I know there are some things that may be better paid for up front, > and we can still do that in parallel to the suggestion above. > love it! > > -- > Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. > blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches > https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches > >
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