Hi Seth,
thanks for pointing this out. GeoExt is not affected by the change. There is no
need to switch the GeoExt License, the BSD License is perfectly compatible with
GPL code:http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
It's up to the users of ExtJS / GeoExt to cope with the new ExtJS Licensing and
to meet the License conditions.
regards
Cornelius
Am 13.07.2015 17:49:54, schrieb geographika:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
From my point of view the main issue is with the ExtJS licensing
rather than GeoExt. Now an ExtJS license is > $5,000 as they
have to be bought in packs of 5 then our systems are all now
released as GPL.
>
As I understand it, as long as the client (e.g. a government
department) is given the full source code, which is what most
require as part of a contract anyway, then this means the terms of
the GPL are met. I presume that "user" is the organisation rather
than a government employee that may occasional access the system
in a browser?
>
Has anyone had any professional legal advice about
ExtJS/GeoExt/GPL?
>
>
When an ExtJS license was $300 it was easier to simply buy the
commercial license and not worry about the above.
>
>
I guess there is no way a company like Boundless could buy license
packs of 5 and sell them on to individual developers?
>
>
Regards,
>
>
Seth
>
>
On 28/06/2015 11:53, Gary White wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It's so sad that Sencha had
to screw up a good thing. Their ridiculous licensing
changes/costs mean that I probably won't be using the
version(s) that it covers or any product that is linked to
them (including GeoExt 3+). I still can't figure out how
they decided that the changes are a good idea. I guess that
they're just willing to lose a significant segment of their
customers in order to get those big bulk licensing payments.
SMDH
> > > >
> > > >
> > Regardless, I've really
enjoyed using GeoExt and I want to thank all those who've
contributed to this great project.
> > > >
> > > >
> > Gary
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> > On
06/26/15, > > Bart van den
Eijnden> > <[email protected]>> > wrote:> >
> >
> > > >
> > Hello
everyone,
> >
> > this is a heads-up to the community, and mostly
that part of the community that is unable to deal with GPL
applications.
> > > >
> >
> > For Ext JS 6 (which is the version of Ext were
targeting with GeoExt 3), Sencha has changed their model and
doesnt offer the open source exception anymore.
> > > >
> >
> > This means there are 2 options basically:
> > > >
> >
> > 1) GeoExt 3 will be GPL only (not BSD anymore)
> > > >
> > 2) all the developers and contributors to GeoExt
3 need to get a Sencha commercial license for Ext JS (for
prices see here: > > https://www.sencha.com/store/extjs/> > ),
and GeoExt 3 would need to be licensed with a dual license
model (commercial, GPL) as well
> > > >
> >
> > There are currently no funds available for
option 2), hence option 1) is very likely.
> > > >
> >
> > If this is problematic for you or your company,
please speak up now in case you have any funding available
to influence this important decision.
> > > >
> >
> > TIA.
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > > >
> > Bart
> >
> >
> >
> > Bart van
den Eijnden
> > Front
End Software Engineer | > > Boundless
> > [email protected]
> > 1-877-673-6436
> > @boundlessgeo> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
> > > >
> >
> >
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