cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/18457741
I realize that, after all this time, I have never payed for my all-time favorite games I grew up playing (Fallout 3 & Skyrim). I can pay for it, but I really do not want to pay the money to the Bethesda’s marketing team, CEO, and whoever bullshit middle man who wants a cut of that. I want to give directly to the team that made the damn game, the artists, the sound designers, the voice actors, the programmers. If there was a way to do that, i’d be more happily inclined to spend my money on a decade year old game.
Just thinking
What are your ideas on how this could actually be implemented?
Bruce Perens is spearheading an initiative that he is calling Post Open to address issues like the sustainability of open source software development.
https://postopen.org/
the distinction between big and small companies is artificial , a big company can still have a small product with low profit margins, and both big and small companies can be managed by the same mutual funds and pension funds (vanguard , blackrock, fidelity etc).
@wiki_me @vk6flab Yes, I created the DFSG and then made it the OSD. Please read the text at https://perens.com/static/DEVELOPMENT_LICENSE.txt?v=2004_04_01 , specificially the definition of YOU. It sounds like I should add _owners_ to YOU as well as _ownership_.
@wiki_me @vk6flab In response to your comment, I made these changes to my draft:
2.5 YOU are:
A) The legal entity exercising RESTRICTED RIGHTS under these terms.
B) any other legal entities in which the entity of part A holds
5% ownership or greater or equivalent control without ownership
C) Any legal entity with 5% or more ownership in the entity of part A
or equivalent control without ownership.
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@wiki_me @vk6flab
Where the above definition contains multiple legal entities, all are
subject to these terms, including the sections regarding termination.
[This is to avoid the situation in which a company creates a legal entity
specifically for the purpose of entering into these terms while insulating
the rest of the company from their effect.]
YOUR is the possessive or adjective form of YOU.
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@wiki_me @vk6flab
…
[3.2] a) The end-user revenue through all legal entities defined as YOU
exceeds USD$5 Million per YEAR. …
This has not yet been subject to legal review, and of course may change when it does.
Thanks
Bruce
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I recommend that you take that observation to @BrucePerens_K6BP@mastodon.radio himself.