@cjalmeida 1)Do not mess the author rights with owner rights. In case of GPL one can not separate code written by initial developer and other contributors - so if you sell code which is based on or derived of GPL licensed soft, you break the license - You are selling what you are not owning.
2) I can not imagine if the module could be run without this software or with other software, so that it fulfills it's purpose. So I can not imagine if Axelor's modules and webclients can do the same - they are effectively useless without OpenERP. You can read example cases for the GPL license - for example if software are able to function only on single DB which is GPL licensed - it should be licensed under GPL too. But if software are not dependent on a single DB engine, but can use several, possibly proprietary inclusive, you can choose under which license you are going to distribute. Of coarse there are number things related to OpenERP, which could be licensed under different license types, or reside in gray zone, but it is not the case with above mentioned. Anyway it is a theme for another thread... 3) Agree with you. 4) About "20%" - I agree with you, so we can see that Tiny effectively lowered total cost of software on rapid distribution, testing etc., because of GPL license - efforts and involvement of thousands of people. Which would normally cost empirical sum of money... The question is not about, whether or not post code under launchpad, which, by the way, by major misconception are thought to be a Tiny's development - it is for free, and costs nothing to Tiny. > Why not, you can both put in your website and push into LP. Which we will probably be doing, but not under Tiny's realms, because of Tiny's and its some partners unethical behavior on modules and Tiny's stubborn refusal in doing normal OpenERP developer/contributor directory with respective works - by only promoting paid partners. For example, there are "partners" in the partners directory, who does nothing on OpenERP and by all means are only end users of the system, who are not even close to IT or consulting business. Is it normal? In case of a directory think of Joomla and it's directory - the free software too... (although, far not all of the modules are free - again crippled situation) Who does more, contributor who posts 500SLOC module or partner who pays 4K of euros for partnership. How much code could you develop for a money raised from a partner not giving back a thing, only it's fee? In this case you effectively buy a "right" to spit on a GPL, and sell modules and derived software, right? So not contributing back to the community - member of which by the way is Tiny too (off coarse not forgetting Fabien started the project). And do not preach that with proprietary software you have to purchase developer license too - in that case you get at least some guarantee that there will not be freelancers on the market. Remember Fabien have once decided to release the thing under GPL, so please - behave appropriately. sraps -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35289#35289 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman/listinfo/tinyerp-users
