Charlton Purvis wrote:
Hi, folks:
Although there continues to be an open source spirit surrounding the code
amid the launch of a MS Foundation, I'd like to ask for clarification re.
the license of the MS code as it stands now.
If for whatever reason a company like Autodesk (or I guess it would have to
be the Foundation) wanted to slap some kind of non-open source license on
the code, is it true that the current code we call MapServer in its current
state will always remain covered under the license below? Basically I'm
trying to make sure that a shop can't somehow repossess something that was
originally OS thus preventing folks from using it like it's being used now.
Borland tried it with Interbase, but Firebird is now freely available
and there is not a lot Borland can now do about it ;)
I am sure Autocad have a 'hidden agenda' but as long as there are free
versions of what ever is needed to provide a working system then there
will not be a problem. Anything commercial will have to be worth the
money to make any sales :)
p.s. I am not seeing my posts to the list so if you get this Charlton
and it's not on the list please can you forward it :(
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