[LUG] OT: Licensing your software for Charity

[jody salt <jody_leigh_salt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I'm one of those extreme lurkers!

I have an idea and was wondering if it has been done before?

Basically the idea is a to create a licensing system where you distribute your software with the condition that if people use your software they have to make a donation to a charity of your choice.

For example I might have written some "online shop software" which I might want to use to make money for a charity of my choice e.g. shelterbox. So if a company wants to use the shop software I might put the condition that they have to donate at least £10 to shelterbox.

Has this been done before?

Jody

--- On Fri, 12/2/10, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: Money fraud
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 12 February, 2010, 11:10

Henry Bremridge wrote:
> Saw an article this morning about how chip and PIN security on debit /
> credit cards can be bypassed
>
> http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/0,1000001991,40022669,00.htm
>
> In case it happens to anyone, the regulations are now clear
Same story was on the BBC too.  No real surprise - it's the same principle as the software hackers use to con a program into thinking it's been authenticated online by redirecting it to its' own function.

Julian

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