Posted by Sofia on September 22, 19103 at 07:34:40:
In Reply to: Right on posted by Ray Gardener on April 06, 19100 at 20:30:55:
: 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.