Darren,
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.
unfriendly does not mean impossible. Take a look at MySQL, business best
friend ;)
I also think a license like LGPL is more appropriate for a library.
Correct me if wrong, but I believe LGPL is more similar to Apache and
EPL, since it allows using such components by other applications without
re-licensing to GPL?
Cheers,
Víctor.
Darren Bell escribió:
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?
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*Darren Bell*
-----Original Message-----
*From*: Guillaume Maillard <[email protected]
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*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
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