----- Original Message ----- > Eucalyptus is open-source > http://open.eucalyptus.com/<http://open.eucalyptus.com/downloads> > also, it is the cloud software to Ubuntu's UEC offering. There are > some additions > that Eucalyptus sells to Enterprise customers that those types of > customers need. http://www.eucalyptus.com/products/eee
The whole reason for Openstack is because of the need for Eucalyptus to have copyright assignment to them. Further the fact that they can reject updates based on it conflicting with the corporate sales and inclusion of not openly released code. BTW, while I didn't download the code to look for the license in it, the agreement that you have to sign to contribute code back means it is not really a fully open project. The assignment of copyrights and patents to the sponsoring corp means they can take the software in their repo private at anytime they wish. You get free as in beer but not free as in speech. For most, that distinction isn't of much interest. It only starts to be of interest if you have budgeted for the free software as such and the sponsoring corp decides to change the way they do business. You choose the level of risk you are willing to take and factor in the cost of not doing anything or changing tech if it is a problem. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
