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    ==About Licensing policy==
    ==About Licensing policy==


    '''[[URGENT]]: The licensing policy for executables must be thought out to get registered in [[Sourceforge]]. There is a proposed [[Consumerium Software License]], which is basically the Apache 1.1 license with apache changed to consumerium'''
    The licensing policy for executables must be thought out to get registered in [[Sourceforge]]. There is a proposed [[Consumerium Software License]], which is basically the Apache 1.1 license with apache changed to consumerium.


    * Research and development is under [[GFDL]] - some sections, e.g. [[glossary]] may have to be [[GFDL Invariant Section]]s to avoid tampering and sabotage by those who want to create a counter-Consumerium to hide truth about products.
    * Research and development is under [[GFDL]] - some sections, e.g. [[glossary]] may have to be [[GFDL Invariant Section]]s to avoid tampering and sabotage by those who want to create a counter-Consumerium to hide truth about products.
    * [[XML]] [[DTD]]s and [[Schema]]s are under [[GPL]] (more licensing schemes, such as [[LGPL]], are considered)
     
    * [[XML]] [[DTD]]s are under [[GPL]] (more licensing schemes, such as [[LGPL]], are considered)
     
    * License for the actual [[Server]] and [[Client]] software isn't decided yet but it'll probably be something on the order of [[w:Apache server]] style to stop installation of [[bad copy problem|unconformant software '''pretending to be genuine''']] [[Consumerium]] software. This is very important, because the [[Retail]]ers will totally freak out if there is even an minor possibility that the [[Price]] information can leak outside the physical shop.  So there must be a [[Consumerium protocol]] that is actually implemented for this data exchange.
    * License for the actual [[Server]] and [[Client]] software isn't decided yet but it'll probably be something on the order of [[w:Apache server]] style to stop installation of [[bad copy problem|unconformant software '''pretending to be genuine''']] [[Consumerium]] software. This is very important, because the [[Retail]]ers will totally freak out if there is even an minor possibility that the [[Price]] information can leak outside the physical shop.  So there must be a [[Consumerium protocol]] that is actually implemented for this data exchange.


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