I have read several comments, and I keep hearing others saying its
going to be open sourced, and its going to be free (witango 6). Did I
miss an announcement? I know the term was used by witango, but it
didn't sound like open source to me, am I missing something?
Here is an example of what I would consider a true open source model,
with a pay feature.
http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/products/editions.html
You can download the community edition, you get the entire code base
in php, no license restrictions, free and open. There are 2 other
versions that require licensing, and probably have much of the code
encrypted. The community edition is completely open and free.
I don't see that with the witango licensing unless I missed it. They
still require licensing and seems like versions are restricted to
number of users and such just like before. How is that open source?
Obviously, much of the code is going to be hidden or you could just
remove the licensing modules and restrictions and recompile.
Unless I missed an update to the below.
New Licensing
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Once the beta testing has been completed and version 6 goes into
release, the source code for both the server and studio will be open
sourced under its own license. Witango will continue to be a
commercial product and a license will need to be purchased. There
will be 3 editions of the Server:
The Lite edition - no change to current license conditions
The Developer edition - no change to current license conditions.
The Professional edition - single machine license, with no
limitation on number of processes or CPUs.
New Pricing
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Witango Studio v6 US$199
Witango Studio upgrade - US$99
Witango Server Lite - Free
Witango Server Developer Edition - Free with studio
Witango Server Professional - US$1499
Witango Server Upgrade from v5.5 - US$999
Witango Server Upgrade from pre v5.5 - US$1299
Those customers who own Witango 5.5 professional edition servers
will have the option at the time of upgrade to upgrade their server
to two (2) Witango 6 Professional edition licenses for US$1499.
Witango licenses will only be available direct from Witango
Technologies and no further discount will apply.
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