Thank you, Amy. I will contact the Laszlo Systems management team. Though I think it would be good for Laszlo Systems as a company to be able to publish the release date for the next major release of the platform (not specifying a month, but at least to be able to say: we expect to release OpenLaszlo 5.0 by Q?/Year?). The last major release of OpenLaszlo (4.0) was in March 2007. That's almost 4 years without a major release, and I can imagine that I'm not the only one waiting for 5.0.
Let's see if I can get an answer from Laszlo Systems. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Amy Muntz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
