Hi Victor,
We've developed certain parts of our product and given it under EPL
license. Furthermore, many other components are not our own but we've
spend a big effort in collaborating with their owners to improve,
enhance and make them more stable. We build added-value products on
top of these components. From these words, does it sound like I'm
stealing anyone?
I'm not saying you are stealing or things like this, but it sounds like
jOpenDocument is not based on collaboration and sharing,
which is simply not the case.
Open source developers can use the library freely of course.
Companies cannot "rebuild the wheel" for 580 € (790 $), the price of
commercial licence,
(the cost of the development of jOpenDocument estimated by Ohloh is 480
000 $),
this small price give you the commercial licence you need AND support.
As we mentioned on the website, the 580 € will be invested in
jOpenDocument development.
The library reached 10 000 downloads, the majority of users doesn't pay
for a commercial licence,
we are all happy with this situation.
In 1 year, jOpenDocument became the most appreciated library for
OpenDocument files manipulation.
My mailbox if full of positive comments and thanks for all the work we
share.
Regards,
Guillaume
