GPL is not Business-Unfriendly, it just seems that this library should be using the LGPL. Selections of licenses is critical. As jOpenDocument is a Library, then it should be LGPL.
Thoughts? -- Darren Bell -----Original Message----- From: Guillaume Maillard <[email protected]> Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [jopendocument] Re: Several questions Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 01:14:04 +0200 Hi Victor, I would like to point out a problem I realized too late during my investigation in this library. Unfortunately (for us) the jOpenDocument is GPL licensed, which makes it impossible for us to integrate in our product. Commercial license is neither an option :P So I finally decided creating my own :( This is one of the problems of business-unfriendly licenses like GPL. I don't undestand your point, you want to integrate jOpenDocument in your commercial application, so we can conclude you want to make money with your product. Only few people could work for free, so it's perfectly fair. You don't want to comply to the GPL licence with your product because you need to sell a closed product and you ask us to do the opposite of what you do ???? I wonder why you are not following your advice by releasing your product under GPL ou Apache licence... or the buy a commercial licence, which will cost you just a little percentage of the revenue thatI hope you will get with your application. What a strange world :) Regards, Guillaume ----------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited.
