Ramanraj K said on Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 11:33:35PM +0530,:
If assignment is for reasonable consideration, it could evolve as a viable alternative to the Bazaar Model, that we can call the Institutional Model. Some essential projects just won't sell at the bazaar, and it would require institutional support for survival.
While I do not speak for the FSF-I, I am not sure that FSF-I is in a position to provide consideration to people wishing to assign copyright over to it. I do not think other FSF organisations have such a practise either.
Fredrick Noronha and many have been suggesting micro-grants, and others kinds of fundings for free software projects. RMS mooted Software Tax. The free software code base is public wealth, and it is fair to expect governments to become the major source of funds and grants, that could be disbursed to deserving projects through FSF or other responsible institutions through the device of assignments.
Certainly yes. Even otherwise, it will be a wise idea for people working on GNU software to modify (for internal use) to contribute back their modifications to the community.
anything from Rs. 10 to Rs.100 crores, to start with. These
How can than be? When babus make the govt spend 1.4 K, they can take a 10% `cut', which is much more these crumbs. ;---)