I might be starting a new project using OpenLaszlo in the next weeks, and have a few questions on the future of the project:
1) When will OpenLaszlo 5.0 be released? 2) Under which license will OpenLaszlo 5.0 be released? Will the software still be open source for commercial usage? I've heard rumors that there are plans to use a dual license for future versions of OpenLaszlo? a) If there are plans for a commercial version of OpenLaszlo, how much are the license costs going to be? Similar to ExtJS http://www.sencha.com/store/, charging around $ 900-1000/developer seat? b) Will there be license costs for non-commercial use of the software? c) Will contributors/committers get a free version of the software for commercial development? Or do we have to pay the full price in case of a release under a dual license? 3) Will the 5.0 release include the new component set? 4) Will the new components be compatible with the old components (can you mix old and new components)? 5) Can custom components be migrated to the new component set infrastructure (e.g. having components extending base components)? My recommendations for OpenLaszlo as a future-proof development platform will much depend on answers to these questions. Thanks, Raju
