Hi Raju, Yes - please contact the Laszlo Systems management team. One quick correction - the last major release was actually OpenLaszlo 4.2, which added the SWF10 run time platform. While the number scheme could be better, this release was in 2009. Since then, we've continued to push out new features to the community as fast as we can, with OpenLaszlo 4.9 being released in October, 2010. We are due for another community release soon. I agree that publishing a target would be helpful and I will look into this.
Thanks, as always, for your insightful comments and technical contributions! Amy On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Raju Bitter < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > >
