Re: [school-discuss] Licensing Model Question

["Les R" <openadmin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Casey,

Why not take a look at Tablix or FET? Is that what you mean....
something for a master timetable building?

Would they serve?

Les Richardson
Open Admin for Schools




2008/8/13 Casey Adams <jcaseyadams@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Everyone,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.  In terms of building a community of users who use
> the product, who are willing to help specific coding projects (like a
> scheduler in my instance) and just overall community building, do you have
> any tools or specific software that you can recommend?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Casey
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:29 PM, p h <keep_patrick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The best source i have found for an honest assessment is here
>> http://damnsmalllinux.org/income-guide/summary.html
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:38:29 -0400
>> From: jcaseyadams@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [school-discuss] Licensing Model Question
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> At OS4Ed, we have re-released our SIS and rechristened it as openSIS to
>> mark the beginning of our departure from the Centre and Focus code base.  We
>> have also discarded some of the Centre/Focus modules and rewritten them as
>> new.  My question is about licensing and fees.  Our goal is to become an
>> open source provider that provides quality open source alternatives to
>> traditional commercial applications, which can be very expensive.  We
>> obviously cannot continue to just pour our personal money into development
>> and hope to sustain the development, so we are attempting to create an
>> affordable business model that will allow us to collect fees to sustain
>> coordinated and regular development that many schools cannot use.  So our
>> approach is typical open source: offering custom services, help desk
>> support, data conversion, add-on modules, etc.
>>
>> My question centers around licensing for what we call proprietary add-ons
>> and help desk.  The add-ons are proprietary in the sense that you cannot
>> distribute them, but you get all of the source code when you purchase them.
>> We have not had a great deal of luck in selling themodules for a one time
>> cash fee, because it seems that even $2,500 is out of reach for small
>> schools and districts.  I am considering eliminating the one time fee in
>> favor of a repeating annual fee that would be far lower.
>>
>> Can anyone give me an opinion on what an affordable year in year out fees
>> for modules and help desk support would be?  Also, opinions on whether an
>> affordbale fee based model will fly and be sustainable are appreciated as
>> well.  Thanks!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Casey Adams
>> Founder, Open Solutions for Education
>> Phone: 205.612.5489
>> Fax: 717-326-3543.
>> Skype: jcaseyadams
>> SMS 2056125489@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> casey@xxxxxxxxx
>> http://os4ed.com
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>
> Casey Adams
> Founder, Open Solutions for Education
> Phone: 205.612.5489
> Fax: 717-326-3543.
> Skype: jcaseyadams
> SMS 2056125489@xxxxxxxxxxx
> casey@xxxxxxxxx
> http://os4ed.com
>