Posted by Ray Gardener on April 06, 19100 at 20:30:55:
In Reply to: Fundamental flaws posted by dentin on April 06, 19100 at 14:52:33:
Exactly. Which is why I followed up
Street Performer Protocol (called it Payvoting).
Check it out at http:\\www3.telus.net\rayg\essays\payvote.htm
Short version: trusted intermediary (e.g., PriceWaterhouse)
represents general public, which buys release of software
from vendor in one shot for big aggregate sum.
Vendor paid, software totally free, uncopyrighted,
unlicenced, undongled, etc. etc. Total win-win.
Just need a server to record all the votes (and
their credit card numbers). Great for shareware
and open source. Small vendors can be grouped
together to make selling worth the while.