Hi, the dojo license have to be appropriate because it is already in tomahawk ;-) I don't like the concept of the plugins from JQuery as mentioned above (from ganesh). I wouldn't use ExtJS as well (it has got the smack of commercial software ;-))
Alex 2009/5/27 Jan-Kees van Andel <jankeesvanan...@gmail.com> > IMHO, Dojo, Prototype.js, JQuery and most other "big" JS libraries are > more or less the same. > > Dojo was very bloated in the past, but the Dojo team have cleaned a > lot, which makes it a quite lean and mean library atm. > I've always been a Prototype.js fan because the programming model > looks the most like Java (objects vs. functions). > I'm using JQuery on my current project and I must say, I like it. It > offers a really productive API, but it's a quite difficult library for > beginners, because it relies heavily on function chaining, closures, > etc. Prototye.js code is often longer, but also more readable. > > But because Prototype.js is also moving towards a more "oneliner API" > and Dojo is getting leaner, I would say, let the license decide. > > JQuery: MIT + GPL. Don't know if MIT can be used? > Prototype.js: Also MIT > Dojo: BSD + Academic Free License > > I've checked out some other libraries (YUI, Sajax...) and it looks > like BSD is a much used licensing model amongst JS libraries... > I wouldn't use ExtJS because of the reasons stated by Ganesh. > > If MIT is compatible with Apache, I would use JQuery, otherwise, if > BSD or Academic Free License is compatible with Apache, use Dojo, > otherwise we need to look for another JS library which has a good > license... > > My 2 cents, > /JK > > > 2009/5/27 Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com>: > > Yes, I looked at this library for GWT work a couple weeks ago. It's > > compatible in theory, but not in practice. > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Ganesh <gan...@j4fry.org> wrote: > >> AFAIK ExtJS may not be altered and resold commercially - they have a 2nd > >> commercial license. The whole thing is developed commercially. IMHO they > use > >> OS just to get their excellent product into the market, but they don't > have > >> the OS spirit. > > > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Alexander Bell J4Fry OpenSource Community Internet: http://www.j4fry.org E-Mail: alexander.b...@j4fry.org Webprofil: http://www.j4fry.org/alexanderbell.shtml
