Hi Raju, Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to these questions. I would suggest to anyone using OpenLaszlo that they explore new features as they are added by downloading the OpenLaszlo nightly trunk builds. Right now, OpenLaszlo remains as it always has with the CPL license and any change would certainly only affect future versions of OpenLaszlo and not the current software.
I understand from your email that you have requirements for upcoming work, so it might be best to talk directly with the management team at Laszlo Systems about licensing, etc.. Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful in this matter, Amy On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Raju Bitter < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
