Before we get WAY out of hand, reading and actually understanding the licenses in question would be a good thing to do. Both the GPL and LGPL are "activated" by distribution. What distribution means is a grey area, and I have no comment on that particular aspect. But if you don't distribute (again subject to the grey definition), the viral nature of the licenses is irrelevant.
Tony - there are definitely license involved. You just don't have to pay money to Railo (or JBoss, or whomever) in order to get one. You're still subject to the terms of the license regardless of any money that changes hands. That license (the LGPL) places restrictions on what you can and cannot do with the software. It's not a orgy of freedom for everyone, it's just that there isn't a monetary component to the license agreements. cheers, barneyb On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Toby Tremayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > From here on railo is completely open source - it's free to download > and use for commercial or non commercial purposes. There are no > licenses involved - you can even use railo to deploy your application > as a wrapped java app including the railo engine for single file > deployment, all without paying for anything :) > > Toby > On 01/04/2009, at 9:52 AM, Claude Schneegans wrote: > >> >> I think it wasn't free before. >> >> Can the free version be used commercially ? >> Or is the soft free, but you have to buy licenses? ;-) >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321145 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
