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Patch Gatsby
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Posted - 2011.06.15 21:53:00 -
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CCP owns the Eve IP. It's how they make money. Other companies would just unleash the lawyers on all the 3rd party stuff. All those people would get cease and desist letters and some would probably get sued. Then CCP would offer their own sites at extra cost. Instead CCP has basically offered to let these 3rd parties go into business with them. It doesn't mean that you will have to pay for the stuff. Some will be free and supported by ad revenue just like other free web stuff. Some will ask you to pay, but you only have to if it is worth it. Wouldn't it be nice if any of the agent sites were up to date for the new rules. Well if someone was making a little $$$ off the site they would probably have the motivation to get it up to date. CCP has created a business opportunity for everyone in the Eve community. Anytime there is even the hint that we might, MIGHT, have to pay a little more everyone freaks. I for one can think of very few entertainment options which give me the hours of fun I have with Eve for $14.99 a month. If I spent those hours in the bar, that would break me!
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Patch Gatsby
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Posted - 2011.06.15 22:02:00 -
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Edited by: Patch Gatsby on 15/06/2011 22:05:10
To explain further what many posters seem to be missing is that by paying CCP the licensing fee, the dev is buying the right to make money off of the Eve IP legally. One of the reasons the current content is free is because charging for it puts a dev in legal limbo. That makes it very hard to have a business based on it. Pay CCP $99 a year (a bargin in my book) to license the rights and you are a real business. You could get a loan with a legally sound business plan, you could go to investors, you could develop apps that won't get pulled when they find out you don't have the rights. This is a big opportunity for those who want to take it.
Response- This doesn't kill the ad revenue model. Pay the $99 out of the ad money, the rest is profit.
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Patch Gatsby
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Posted - 2011.06.15 22:21:00 -
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Edited by: Patch Gatsby on 15/06/2011 22:21:59
You need to read the dev blog again. It says that a paid license is only required for things that want to charge. There is a free license for not-for-profit freeware projects. How is this so wrong?
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Patch Gatsby
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Posted - 2011.06.15 22:26:00 -
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Here is the quote from the Dev Blog-
òOpen-ended - You can charge subscription fees, receive donations, sell your app in an app-store and more
òNon-commercial websites and apps will now require a (free) license
That sure sounds like you can charge real money to me, and states very plainly that there is a free license option.
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Patch Gatsby
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Posted - 2011.06.15 22:31:00 -
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I wish I worked for CCP, but I do work, and when someone makes money off of an IP I developed I expect to be compensated. If it was your work, wouldn't you?
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