Let me begin by saying that I have not worked with FarCry for very long, so I am not heavily invested in the present licensing model as others on this list may be. I am also proceeding under the assumption that any non-distributed derived works would not need to be released. As I understand this, it means that any code in a plugin, project, or skeleton need not be published as long as my client retains the copyright and does not share the code with other organizations. If someone is aware that this interpretation is incorrect, or sees some obvious pitfalls, please clarify as necessary.
That all said, I am in favor of this move, for a couple of reasons: 1. Open BlueDragon I am sure that the release of the Open BlueDragon CFML engine is at least partially responsible for Daemon's consideration of this change, as Open BD is being released under this same license, and the possibility of a ready-to-run GPL'd server stack for FarCry applications is extremely compelling. The present CPL license is not compatible, so this bundling would not be possible if the status quo is maintained. 2. Plugins I have heard more than one person express that they would like a greater selection of available plugins for FarCry, as this can become an issue when attempting to convince management to use FarCry over Drupal, Joomla, etc. Plugin authors would be required to publish their work under the GPL, theoretically resulting in greater availability for the community at large. The question here would be whether this requirement results in a net loss of contribution due to the "dampening" effect mentioned by Geoff. Otherwise, if a company is realizing a business advantage by developing closed-source plugins, then I do not see any particular reason why they should not pay for a commercial license. As far as such a commercial license goes, I do have some clients who may prefer that option, and I for one would prefer a site-based licensing model over a user-based one (a price per site, not per authenticated user). Regards, -- Ezra Parker http://www.cfgrok.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
