The current implementation is'nt heavily based on Highcharts, so switching to another JavaScript Charting Library wouldn't cause much pain and seems to be the best option right now. I choose Highcharts in the first place because I've had already experience in using it. But now I will look into some other Charting libraries.
Anyway, thank you all for your input in this "licensing matter" ;) @ Tom Fennelly: I already took a closer a look at Google Charts. One thing that I didn't like is that you're not allowed to host the Google Chart Library on your own server. So the plugin users must always have a working internet connection (maybe in some company intranets that may not be the case). Cheers Michael Am Mittwoch, 25. November 2015 13:47:45 UTC+1 schrieb nigelm: > > I don't follow how an OEM license would work with an open-source project. > > What if I fork the plugin - license still valid? > What if I make changes in that (forked) plugin - license still valid? Even > if the fork isn't public? > What if those changes are entirely to serve my own proprietary / > commercial interests? What about if they're entirely to serve a 3rd party > commercial interests? > > The whole thing ends up being a tarpit. An OEM license still ends up being > a 'non-free' license (it'll impose restrictions covering the above usecases > and more). > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Ullrich Hafner <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Am 25.11.2015 um 11:27 schrieb Nigel Magnay <[email protected] >> <javascript:>>: >> >> The concern isn't the "Jenkins Project" - that's non-profit and can use >> it at will. It's the *end users*. Their FAQ claims: >> >> NON-COMMERCIAL REDISTRIBUTION. >> >> You are allowed to distribute a Highsoft software product with >> non-commercial packages given that you fulfill two conditions: >> >> >> - Emphasize to your users that a Highsoft software product is not >> free for commercial use. You can do this on your download page or when >> your >> users activate a Highsoft software product in your application. >> - Provide a link back to this web page in the same location. >> >> That not what I asked. I would like to know how much a OEM license would >> cost for a community project like Jenkins. With a OEM license you *can* use >> the plug-ins without additional cost. >> It would not hurt us to ask. >> >> >> Whether you can use a (CC BY-NC 3.0) in your commercial organisation is >> entirely determined on whether you are gaining "commercial advantage" by >> doing so. I would argue that for most plugins and companies this is not the >> case. But assuredly that would be a matter for lawyers. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Ullrich Hafner <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Wouldn’t it make sense to ask what a commercial license would cost for >>> the Jenkins project so that users of Jenkins don’t need to bother about the >>> license at all? >>> >>> Am 25.11.2015 um 10:59 schrieb Nigel Magnay <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>>: >>> >>> >>> >>>> (unintentional) violation of the license by end users. >>>> >>>> >>> Oh, it will be. >>> >>> You're asking an awful lot of end-users to be going through plugin >>> detail (the vast majority are entirely unencumbered by transitive licensing >>> issues) to determine if they're 'allowed to use it' or not. They're just >>> not going to bother. 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