patric conant wrote: > I was under the (mistaken) impression that ActiveState's perl > distribution was under a similar license to Perl, after attempting to > read through the community license I am at a complete loss as to its > implications, it would appear to grant unlimited distribution within > "organizations" without defining them, and could be calling anything > built with it a derivitive package, that cannot be distributed.
> I think that they are saying that its use internally (ala the GPL) is > not restricted, but that selling somthing that includes it is, now I > don't mean to play the Devil's advocate, but it would appear to me > that any subscription model involves an orginzation (the subscribers) > and would allow distribution among them, although this appears to be > in violation of the "Spirit" it was written in. Can someone help me > out here, I really don't think I understand what was intended with > this license, or what it implies. Disclaimer: None of the text below is legal advice, just my personal opinion! It is my understanding that the license intends to say the following: * You can freely download ActivePerl and use it on any machines you use. * You can give it freely to your family, co-workers etc. * You can put it up on a server internal to your "organization" so that other people inside the same organization can download it from there as well. * Point people to www.ActiveState.com to download ActivePerl. Things you can *not* do under the "community license" include: * Making ActivePerl available for download from a publicly available website or server. * Including ActivePerl on a CD/DVD included with a book or magazine. * Including ActivePerl in a software product that you distribute to anybody outside your organization. * Selling a computer that has ActivePerl pre-installed For each of these activities you will need a separate OEM redistribution license. The spirit of the community license is that ActivePerl is freely available to all its users, but to redistribute the complete package you will need an additional license (and pay a fee). An exception is made for redistribution inside your own organization because it is sometimes not possible for each individual to download and install software from the internet. As I wrote earlier, you can always let your external users download and install ActivePerl for free from the ActiveState website. That way there is at least a chance that some of your users may notice other products and services from ActiveState and decide to buy them. Cheers, -Jan _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
