[JDEV] Ransom model is back

[Adam Theo]

Hello, all, Adam Theo here.

About a year ago I released a SMTP Transport (written in Perl) for 
Jabberd 1.4 <http://theoretic-smtp.jabberstudio.org>. It was released 
under what I called a "Ransom License", using another project I was 
developing at the time called (naturally) "Ransom" 
<http://www.theoretic.com/?Ransom>.

Ransom is a software publishing model where the rights to the source 
code remain restricted until a set amount of money is collected or a set 
date passes, at which point the code is freed.

The JabberSMTP experiment failed (although I learned alot of useful 
information from it) and was finally freed under the GPL & JOSL. I 
tucked Ransom away and forgot about it for half a year. But at the 
prompting of Brian Shire of Tekrat Labs <http://www.tekrat.com>, I've 
found the interest and energy to bring back Ransom and make sure it is 
finally matured as a viable option to publishing open source software.

So I'm now proud to announce that the Ransom model is back under 
development, and hopefully it will fund many new Jabber projects. If you 
are interested in finding ways to get paid for your open source work, 
please sign up for the Ransom mailing list 
<http://mailman.autopackage.org/mailman/listinfo/ransom> and participate 
in its development. I'm hoping for Jabber to be a great training ground 
for this project.

Thanks for your time   ;-)