http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1399
On 2/24/08, Erik Uzureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I came across a quote[1] today complaining that the license for > OpenLayers is not hard to find. I went to the page myself to check > it out, and it does seem like a problem we should attend to. Most > other open source projects will have very clear links to the license > from the homepage, but we do not. > > We should probably do the same, and as long as we're counting > ponies, it would probably be a handy thing to have a "license FAQ" > page where we explain what the deal is with the license and how > to use it, etc. We could even have some "case studies" or > "testimonials" sections of how different people have dealt with the > license. > > --e > > [1] "For that matter, if you are working in a commercial setting (you > said the word "client" so I assume you might be), you also have the > labor/legal cost of parsing the various licensing agreements of the > different bits and pieces you have chosen to integrate to see if you > can even use those "open source" bits in your commercial application. > That is sometimes not so easy, as I invite anyone who is not familiar > with OpenLayers to see for themselves: go to the > http://www.openlayers.org/ site and see for yourself just how long it > takes you to even find a license let alone how long it takes you to > figure out exactly the limits of commercial activity you can do with > it. This is not easy for someone completely new to that module. I > realize that giving the faintest flying hoot about licensing is not > something that script kiddies care about, but it is something that > responsble folks like James and you, the gentle reader, and I care > about.]" -- from > http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/02/05/bringing-open-source-gis-into-an-esri-shop/#comment-33109 > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
