which brings up a point, of why entities from finical and crmsfa are in ofbiz distribution. does this mean the entities that are in both ofbiz and the open strategies are under the apache license.
David E. Jones sent the following on 4/6/2007 8:07 PM: > > The trick is that the GPL is not clear on whether or not making an > application available over the internet constitutes distribution... > > Of course, the OSS/opentaps financials and crmsfa modules are not GPL > licensed, they are HPL licensed which explicitly states that making them > available over the internet DOES constitute distribution. This gets to > be a pain because the configurations and everything are HPL licensed, so > if you don't want to reveal your business setup, you should buy a license. > > Actually it's more complicated than that... Technically Open Source > Strategies has a signed contract to license the financials module at > least under the GPL license because of the history of the early > development of it, so they shouldn't be distributing it under the HPL > license. We haven't pushed them on that, but that is in a real legal > document. The crmsfa one on the other hand is not so encumbered. > > -David > > > On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Jonathon -- Improov wrote: > >> Scott, >> >> That license only requires you to deliver your private source codes if >> you: >> >> 1. Change original codes licensed under GPL >> >> 2. Distribute/sell the new package. >> >> Say you enhance OpenTaps for your own use, and you call the new >> package MyOwnApp. If you only ever use MyOwnApp in your own computers, >> and never distribute/sell MyOwnApp, you will never have to release the >> source codes in MyOwnApp. >> >> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong? >> >> Jonathon >> >> Scott A wrote: >>> I've looked at Opentaps and agree that it would be a good start and >>> it is in >>> fact how I got to ofbiz originally but I would like to see it in the >>> core of >>> ofbiz. As I understand it at the moment, opentaps is distributed with >>> a totally >>> different license and while I don't know all of the legal >>> ramifications, I >>> am told by the people that I trust most that it would be a mistake >>> for me to >>> start developing industry specific extensions based on that license. >>> While I am am not opposed to sharing enhancements and giving back to the >>> community, my industry specific mods are going to be for me only. I >>> hope you >>> understand. >>> Walter Vaughan wrote: >>>> Scott A wrote: >>>> >>>>> David, >>>>> >>>>> Like I said, I am a user plain and simple so I can’t get into all >>>>> of the >>>>> technical side of things. All I know is that I would like a CRM >>>>> portion >>>>> of >>>>> ofbiz similar to how Sugar CRM works but with a good and solid email >>>>> client >>>>> built in. I guess it would take someone with the interest and >>>>> technical >>>>> ability to put the requirements together first. >>>>> >>>>> That said, I can only contribute with my wants and needs and some >>>>> cash. >>>>> I'd >>>>> be willing to throw $1000 into the hat to get this type of >>>>> functionality. >>>>> >>>>> Where do I go from here? >>>> Have you looked at the Opentaps CRM-SFA modules for ofBiz? >>>> https://demo.opensourcestrategies.com:8445/crmsfa/control/login >>>> >>>> It's fully integrated with ofBiz and has a Ajax style email client. >>>> >>>> Maybe what you need is already available. If it's not, I'd like to hear >>>> what you need that I may not have already considered. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Walter >>>> >>>> >> >
