> > > If Justin accepts any input, may I suggest the Apache license?
>
> That would be definetely good thing to happen.
>
>From what I've seen so far, this seems unlikely. But we can all dream.
> > scratch. His last email to me was that he choose the MPL with
> > minor changes
> > to include warranty issues related to Canadian Laws (that is
> > fine) and a
> > condition for making it happen (keep reading).
>
> Excuse me, but what is MPL? I never heard of that one...
>
The main difference in MPL is that if you as a developer want your
contributions added to the open source product, you are giving a company
(I.e. Netscape) the authority to release those additions under any other
license they choose. IBM has a similar license and Sun may also.
> > Justin also stated a condition to me for choosing the MPL was
> > that he would
> > only do it if I get altavista.com to use WM. I told him that
> > I would be more
> > than happy to help him (I would do it anyway since it would
> > be a good chance
> > to get AV.com to also use Turbine), but I wouldn't make it a
> > condition of
> > the license change since I can't control what AV.com uses and
> > it wasn't
> > really fair to me or you guys.
>
> Huh?! This sounds weird to me... And definetely not fair.
>
> I have one more question regarding licenses. The company I work for
> is currently working on a system that is based on Tomcat, Turbine and
> Webmacro. Currently, we are not planning to sell or otherwise distribute
> this system, instead we will be running it on our own servers and act as
> an ASP for our clients. As far as I understand the licenses, they make
> restrictions regarding software modification and distribution, not usage.
> Are we bound by the licenses to do something except placing a "Powered
> by Open Software" page among the webpages served by the system?
No. I believe the GPL proponents are somewhat worried about the ASP model
and are looking to modify the license to better account for it.
>
> The system is due September 10. If we should start talking with Semiotek
> about purchasing licenses, we'd better start soon...
>
That might be a good idea if you have plans to distribute your product and a
GPL license is not suitable. Make sure you are able to deal with the
frustration though. I do not know if Justin has any set license fees or if
they are negotiated case by case. And if they are negotiated, be prepared
for some strange requirements.
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