Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!jrdzzz.jrd.dec.com!tkou02.enet.dec.com!jit345!diamond From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: How to pay for reusable software Message-ID: <1991Apr12.014849.18759@tkou02.enet.dec.com> Date: 12 Apr 91 01:48:49 GMT References: <1991Apr3.231849.13410@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <2238@media01.UUCP> Sender: usenet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: diamond@jit345.enet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo Lines: 18 In article <2238@media01.UUCP> pkr@media01.UUCP (Peter Kriens) writes: >What I could dream of is a product like that where hundreds of companies >deliver standard libraries for (~rwell Smalltalk would be great, but >C++ would be nice too) C++. So you bought the CD for $25 or something like >that, then when you needed a reusable component you just paid what you needed. >... Would a product like that be feasable? I think not really. When one customer purchases the decryption key, 30 pirated copies will be made. You might as well deliver plaintext source to begin with. Also, since the code on a CD would likely become obsolete, it might be better to allow FTP access for a fee. However, the pirating problem remains unchanged. -- Norman Diamond diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.