Johan Compagner wrote: > can they really do that? > > I think you can make a close source project on top of it. > But shouldn't the wicket part, that is written by all of us, still be open?
Someone can take ASL licensed code, and make a closed source project from it. They cannot use the Wicket name, but they can say "based upon Wicket". They can't stop the Wicket code from being distributed, though. And they presumably can't stop the Wicket committers from being those who know the code the best. Upayavira > On 9/26/06, *Martijn Dashorst* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > It is true that a company can take the source code and make it closed > and sell it with a new label when using Apache license. Personally I > don't mind and there are a lot of people that don't mind either. > > The problem with taking the ASL product, rebrand it and market it is > that the product will always be behind what the free version provides, > as long as the community is active and participating. > > I don't consider GPL or LGPL to be evil, they are just not my cup of > tea. > > Martijn > > On 9/26/06, Che Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi Martijn, > > > > Well said - I did not think about that. And agreed, you might > very well > > run into that problem. > > I admit that I have not had a thorough look at the Apache license but > > only 'read over it' and found it to be too 'open' for my liking: > if you > > use an Apache-d software, you can keep the whole source secret, > you can > > have it all open source, whatever. :) > > > > On the other hand, is it not true that Apache 2 is compatible > with GPL? > > *mental note: read Apache and Apache 2 again* > > > > // Che > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf > > > Of Martijn Dashorst > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:32 PM > > > To: wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > Subject: Re: [Wicket-user] License for CMS (components) > > > > > > I'm very biased against LGPL. The letter of the license is not > > > applicable for Java use, and LGPL is strongly at odds with Apache > > > license. If at some time we would like to adopt such components > when > > > we arrive at Apache, then this will prohibit reusing any code from > > > this project. > > > > > > I'm in favor of Apache 2, since that is what most Wicket > projects are > > > based on. I would use a license that is at least compatible with > > > Apache. > > > > > > Martijn > > > > > > On 9/26/06, Che Schneider < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > My vote goes to LGPL: not as restrictive as GPL but > > > preserves the gist > > > > of it. :) > > > > > > > > // Che > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf > > > > > Of Ted Roeloffzen > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:13 PM > > > > > To: wicket-user > > > > > Subject: [Wicket-user] License for CMS (components) > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > We are going to create a Wicket CMS and/or CMS Components, > > > > > but we are not sure under which license to do this. Which > > > > > license would you prefer? 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