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From: kadie@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Who owns the output of an AI?
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Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 12:29:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!kadie    Nov 14 11:29:00 1987


If your AI program (or any program) is really great there 
are a number of ways to make more money per user from it. 

One way that was already mentioned is to licence it. I remember 
that some of the first compilers for microcomputers said that 
you had to pay them money for any programs you sold that 
were compiled with their product.

Another method is to charge for each run of your program. You do
this by setting up your own computer and having people dial in to
it. I know that this system is used by some companies that
have (non AI) programs that solve financial optimization problems.

The trouble with both these methods is that the
users don't like them as well as owning the program,
so you will not have as many costumers.


Carl Kadie
Inductive Learning Group
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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