The thing here is Why are you that worry about closing on something that has prove to be yet more a comercial success with its openness approach
Regards On Feb 10, 2013 4:15 PM, "Jerzy Orłowski" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you miss one point. Getting the source code is not enough to use > it. You still need the license from the author that allows you to republish > the code, use it in your own own programs, etc. > > Is it possible to find a solution, where openerp and the core modules of > openerp is open source, but OpenERP allows to build other modules with > commercial licences? I'm not an expert in licenses but it all goes with the > question about the nature of AGPL and licences compatibility. > > I am quite sure that it is possible to create a comercial software that > would communicate with OpenERP via xml-rpc. > But the question is, is it possible to create a closed-license OpenERP > module. > > Assume that somebody writes an OpenERP module without copying a line of > code from OpenERP AGPL licenced modules. > I am quite sure that at this point you can licence it however you want and > distribte it in any way you want. > > There are several important questions that have to be answered. > 1. Can you distribute the module together with other OpenERP AGPL licenced > modules? > 2. Can anyone who bought this module import it to OpenERP (Assuming that > he or she uses it internally in his/hers company)? > 3. If a company A who bought this module shows the system to company B, > can company B ask company A to show him/her the source code of this module > because of OpenERP AGPL license? > 4. If a company A who bought this module shows the system to company B and > company C gets info that such module exists, can company C ask for the > source code ot the module? > 5. If answers for the questions 3 or 4 is "Yes", can the license in the > module forbid the company B or C to use the code, publish, sell, change, > incorporate any programs? > 6. If answer for the question 5 is "Yes", can you distribute a "dirty" > version of the code, for example with names of the variables chanded, with > no comments, with all xml, yaml, rml, css files taken out. > > I think that if we answer these five questions we will get the answer, > whether it is possible to create any "sellable" OpenERP modules. > > Does anyone have any answers to any of the these question. > > W dniu 09.02.2013 15:52, Christophe Hanon pisze: > > It means for me what it means for many licences authors : software is > distributed with the source code. As explained for example in GPL, AGP > licences.**** > > ** ** > > Kind regards**** > > ** ** > > Christophe**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Alberto BARRIONUEVO [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* 07 February 2013 10:49 > *To:* Christophe Hanon > *Cc:* Arun Venkat; Luc De Meyer; 'Bertrand Hanot'; 'Nabil Majoul'; > 'Serpent Consulting Services'; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: OpenERP: [Openerp-community] Partners Collaboration Model** > ** > > ** ** > > Hi Christophe, > > El 06/02/13 12:17, Christophe Hanon escribió: **** > > So I think more quality modules will be published the day publishers can > get a minimal fee for their code.**** > > This is not incompatible with open-source - see the joomla extensions web > site. Free and commercial are equally published but all in open-source. * > *** > > What means "open-source" for you? > > **** > > -- **** > > Alberto Barrionuevo, Director**** > > Grupo OPENTIA**** > > OpenERP Partners**** > > T (+34) 918 38 38 58**** > > F (+34) 944 34 00 77**** > > ** ** > > OPENTIA**** > > Ingeniería Informática en Abierto**** > > www.opentia.com**** > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > > Pozdrawiam serdecznie, > > Jerzy Orłowski > > Członek Zarządu ds. technologii > Al. Stanów Zjednoczonych 53 > 04-028 Warszawa > tel. +48 (22) 266 01 02 > tel. +48 (22) 292 16 16 > kom. 668 151 245www.lacan.com.pl > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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