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[[Consortium license]]s tend to have the strongest and most specific restrictions on self-interested forks. Since they also have a [[Governance Organization]] that is independent, [[self-funding]], and capable of suing, they can actually stomp out self-interested forks, e.g. Java consortium kept Microsoft from calling their libraries "Java" using the license and trademark. | [[Consortium license]]s tend to have the strongest and most specific restrictions on self-interested forks. Since they also have a [[Governance Organization]] that is independent, [[self-funding]], and capable of suing, they can actually stomp out self-interested forks, e.g. Java consortium kept Microsoft from calling their libraries "Java" using the license and trademark. | ||
The self-interested fork problem shows up in some [[worst cases]] and more than a few [[threats]]. To write one's own [[Consumerium buying signal]] will not only be a temptation, in some "businesses", it will be the only way to survive. These of course are exactly the businesses we do not want to survive, where "we" admittedly is [[factionally defined]]. | The self-interested fork problem shows up in some [[worst cases]] and more than a few [[threats]]. To write one's own [[Consumerium buying signal]] will not only be a temptation, in some "businesses", it will be the only way to survive. These of course are exactly the businesses we do not want to survive, where "we" admittedly is [[factionally defined]]. [[Guild]]-based [[service model]]s may have trouble defending themselves against self-interested fork. | ||
[[Faction]]s are themselves an attempt to define and control self-interest in [[Consortium license]] definition. By creating the [[Consumerium License]] as a [[parametric license]] and providing a [[glossary]] of terms that factions can control for themselves, we hope to make it easier to work within the [[Consumerium Services]] than to duplicate them, but not so much easier that we effectively lose control of the [[centrally controlled information economy]] we need to keep [[authoritative integrity]] ([[validation]]) and [[investigative integrity]] ([[audit]]). [[Definitive integrity]] is an issue also, but not one of self-interest, and handled differently for each of the [[licensed deliverables]]. | [[Faction]]s are themselves an attempt to define and control self-interest in [[Consortium license]] definition. By creating the [[Consumerium License]] as a [[parametric license]] and providing a [[glossary]] of terms that factions can control for themselves, we hope to make it easier to work within the [[Consumerium Services]] than to duplicate them, but not so much easier that we effectively lose control of the [[centrally controlled information economy]] we need to keep [[authoritative integrity]] ([[validation]]) and [[investigative integrity]] ([[audit]]). [[Definitive integrity]] is an issue also, but not one of self-interest, and handled differently for each of the [[licensed deliverables]]. | ||