[asterisk-biz] Fascinating conversation with a prospectivecustomer

[Josh McAllister]

> On Friday 05 January 2007 1:59 pm, Komnieve Singh wrote:
> > But this all brings me back to my main point - when dealing with 
> > perceived intellectual rights - is it possible to not 
> isolate people 
> > who feel some ownership of an idea thats been had by a 
> multitude of people before them?
> > How does one go about not insulting them, or not coming across as 
> > threatening while still being able to explain the benefits they can 
> > get by sharing 'their' idea? I haven't had good experience with 
> > avoiding the subject in its entirety.
> 
> That is specifically why when I provide a quote for work, I 
> give them two
> prices: the price if I am going to GPL the code and 
> contribute it back to the collective, and a much higher cost 
> if they want to keep sole rights to the code.  In the latter 
> case, I deliver a CD with their code on it, and I remove all 
> copies of it from my own system.  If I have to redesign the 
> same thing again for someone else, that's fine, but I don't 
> just lift the code from their version.
> 
Exactly! Besides, does this guy really think that his idea was novel?
The idea itself is worth exactly nothing. It's the implementation that
is worth something. I'm sure you could point to 1000 different examples
of where this is already being done.

Josh