[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Licensing policies (was Re: ANN: Docuverse DOM SDK PR2
Peter Murray-Rust scripsit: > My sincere thanks for this change of policy. It can and will make an > enormous difference to many of us - otherwise we end up rewriting each > other's software. It is a courageous decision - as was IBM's - and should > be applauded. Indeed! Unfortunately, the license is still very restrictive, disallowing modification of the DOM SDK. > I now have no problem with this, and am > looking at the GPL for this purpose [comments would be much appreciated.] I > think the quid-pro-quo would be to ask people to register their use with > you and you may well benefit from this. I would urge Don and you to look at http://www.opensource.org/intro/free, which has information on why loosening restrictions can be beneficial for everyone. The Artistic License is a good substitute for the GPL and allows you to keep control of the named product while allowing others to create differently named variations. See http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html . -- John Cowan cowan@c... e'osai ko sarji la lojban. xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|