From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Sep 30 1999 - 20:34:57 MDT
OpenScience? Sure, but who is going to pay for your research budget
(and your rent) today? I hear several people talking about it, sounds
good. Now down to brasstacks: tell me how to do it.
Lee Daniel Crocker writes:
> taking advantage of your work. You'd also have a five-figure check in
> your hand from me (I realize that's not the biggest incentive, but I'm
> probably not the only one with this concern).
Even a small research facility on a meager budget takes several
megabucks/year to run. This ain't software industry, where you can
operate a startup out of your home and cooperate via xDSL/VPN. Can we
count on several 100 people sustainably paying 10 k$/year, year after
year? Big spenders? Where are they?
You develop a product, potentially applicable in a G$ market. What
prevents the industry from simply taking the recipe off your website
and use it without paying a penny of royalties to you?
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