Inspirations
The existing mechanism of "artistic 1%" in public construction (in France)
Proposal "2% for 2 degrees" from the Institut Rousseau
Different initiatives coming from the world of free software or institutions:
Initiatives
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Focus on the Public Copy initiative
The Public Copy initiative consists of the description of a mechanism for allocating and then redistributing funds to open source projects, which a company can freely choose to implement provided that it respects its form and spirit. .
The system proposed by Public Copy is not a fund shared by several companies : each company choosing to adopt the Copie Publique mechanism contributes alone to its own fund, on the basis of an annual base that it chooses and makes public. A company can thus devote, for example, 1% of its turnover, or 3% of its net management surplus, or even a fixed amount per year. The only condition is that the rule is clear, transparent, and allows contributions to the fund on a recurring basis.
Different aspects of the Public Copy mechanism are interesting to highlight, in particular those relating to the process of selecting supported projects chosen by the company Code Lutin and the dynamics that this process generates:
The choice of supported projects is broken down into 2 phases in parallel, dividing the sum to be initially redistributed into two separate envelopes:
- a collective phase, aimed at identifying and choosing a reduced number of projects through a “call for applications”: candidates send a description of the project for which they are requesting support, and also specify their needs. The collective chooses between 1 and 3, following the establishment of a jury.
- a more individual phase, where each employee has the possibility of redistributing an envelope to one or more projects of their choice (from the call for applications or not). This phase makes it possible to support more projects of smaller sizes.
All the company's employees are involved during the process of identification, evaluation, selection, and remuneration of the projects to be supported. Each person - individually or collectively - can thus actively contribute to supporting free third-party projects, a freedom that does not exist in any company.
Following the call for applications, one of the moments described as the most exciting is that of the meeting (face-to-face or video) with the candidates. This stage allows members of the company to discover individuals and original technologies, in a direct manner while retaining the human and social dimension of the projects.
A warm thank you to the members of Code Lutin with whom the author was able to exchange in Nantes, and who were able to describe their Public Copy initiative with precision and passion
Focus sur la licence "post-open"
La licence Post-Open proposée par Bruce Perens consiste à rendre contractuellement obligatoire pour les companies générant plus de 5 millions de USD$ par an utilisant et/ou modifiant le code source de : soit reverser le code sous la même licence ("POST-OPEN OPERATING AGREEMENT"), soit établir un contrat de rémunération pour des personnes ou entités chargées de maintenir ou améliorer le code source ("POST-OPEN PAID CONTRACT").
Les captures d'écran utilisées dans cette page sont extraites de cette vidéo de Bruce Perens. Un autre video de 2024 donne quelques informations supplémentaires.
Un chaleureux merci à Bruce Perens avec qui l'auteur a pu échanger longuement sur ces sujets.
Extrait de l'article 3.2 (PAID CONDITIONS) du draft de la licence post-open
a) The end-user revenue through all legal entities in which YOU have ownership exceeding 5% or equivalent control without ownership exceeds USD$5 Million anually. End-user revenue is all money or other value collected from customers, including the financial value equivalent of any non-monetary remuneration such as barter or the grant of rights or privileges.
b) You provide, for remuneration, any work in the POST-OPEN COLLECTION to others, other than PERSONAL USE, or perform that provision at the order of another legal entity that receives remuneration for it. This includes (but is not limited to) provision of the work as a service; or inclusion of the work in a product that is sold, for example software that is sold or sale of a device containing the WORK.
c) You make MODIFICATIONS to any WORK in the POST-OPEN COLLECTION without performing one of these actions (you may perform both):
I) You enter into the POST-OPEN OPERATING AGREEMENT and make a PUBLIC
RELEASE of the MODIFICATION.
II) You enter into the POST-OPEN PAID CONTRACT.