[Ardour-Users] Could this solve Ardour's financial headache?

[John Rigg]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:55:13AM -0000, John Emmas wrote:
> Corporate sponsors often tie up with a smaller partner in the expectation of
> some kind of exclusive arrangement.  But it's pretty difficult to structure
> a deal that's both exclusive and open at the same time.  SAE seems to be a
> good fit but finding other sponsors like SAE might not be so simple.  Open
> source products need open minded sponsors which probably rules out many
> proprietory organisations.

There are conflicts of interest to consider. You'd be unlikely to get
sponsorship from two companies making competing products, for example.

John