Imposit.com - Webmaster a écrit : > Hmm sorry I didn’t know that the rights are sold. > But why they dindt do anything? > But in that case (maybe im wrong tell me if iam) I see no chance to make a > fork. Ok its gpl but wont the right still reserved at sensory networks?
The COPYRIGHT owner can change the license, but this doesn't apply to code that is previously released under an open source license. Imagine a company that used the code in their product (without infringing the LICENSE). You don't imagine somebody coming one day and saying: "oh, now, you have to drop all that because it's ours. sorry for the N years you lost working on this stuff". so IANAL, but I believe you can fork the code (and I guess the product name must be changed). That said, it woudn't be good to have N forks, unless you believe in "evolutionary theory" which would imply that one of the forks will "win". (amavisd-new is an example). but now, it would be nice if someone volunteers to summarize the "problems" (what is needed/lacking/...). such a list could be used to get back to SN or to start a new project. > Dont understand me wrong but that might be a free support for sensory > without something coming back. Wont be a good idea I think > <speculation> I can't speak for SN, but I could speculate: - They were convinced that dspam is a good product, and found it good to acquire the Copyright. They hope(d) that they will get benefits from that. for example: support, creaton of a commercial version (something like mysql AB business model), selling a dspam appliance, ... etc - The benefits are not obvious enough (or not short term) so they can't dedicate enough resources (today). (again, this is speculation). now, stop asking Mike to give you "internal" details. Unless they took a clear decision on this subject and that decision is not confidential, he can tell you nothing. I guess many here have worked or work in commercial companies and understand this. At least, this was my experience in all the companies I worked for. This was frustrating many times, but that's it. Many times, I would have preferred giving a clear statement and explaining what our plans were, but I worked in R&D, not in strategy/bus dev/legal/... etc. Warning: too much speculation above. </speculation> !DSPAM:1011,48fa1447150924254718560!
