To call this dual licensing is to make it seem as if the only difference is the license. The two programs (commercial vs. community) continue to diverge. I really don't like the direction and this is the impetus for me to get off my ass and look into guice.
Jeremy On Sep 24, 12:17 pm, cherro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I hope you will discuss the controversy surrounding the SpringSource > announcement in the next newscast. > > I've been using Spring heavily for about four years, and the news was > not a surprise, but disappointing. Having stewed on it for a few days, > I think that there may actually be some benefits, but we'll have to > see how it plays out. I think the two big problems are that: > 1) SpringSource handled the announcement badly - clarifications came > forth piecemeal while the community had a meltdown on TSS. > 2) (Exacerbated by #1) SpringSource has lost a lot of trust - such > that even if people can accept the new policy (which is essentially > dual licensing), there will be the lingering question of what comes > next given SpringSource's obligations to their investors. > > I think its particularly hypocritical of Rod Johnson to have recently > criticized Oracle for raising prices on their product line (when they > had their customers 'over a barrel' after the BEA acquisition), only > to do the same thing for Spring months later. > > Cheers, > > Chris. > > Some links: > > June 24th 2008: SpringSource Announces $15 Million Series B Round of > Financinghttp://www.springsource.com/node/393 > > June 25th 2008: Rod Johnson blogs: Pumping it dry: $200 a barrel and > $25,000 per > CPUhttp://blog.springsource.com/2008/06/25/pumping-it-dry-200-a-barrel-a... > "With Oracle’s recent announcement of a price hike for their products, > including WebLogic Server, this is no longer a theoretical issue. They > have the oil, and they think they have existing customers over a > barrel. The need for alternatives is now even more painfully clear." > > August 27, 2008: SpringSource Press Release: "Demand for Spring > Expertise Continues to Soar"http://www.springsource.com/node/521 > > September 17th 2008: SpringSource Announces Enterprise Maintenance > Policyhttp://www.springsource.com/node/558 > > September 18th 2008: TheServerSide reaction to SpringSource's new > Enterprise Maintenance > Policyhttp://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727 > > September 20th 2008: Rod says that source code and branches will be > available to the > community:http://forum.springframework.org/showpost.php?p=202771&postcount=3 > "The source code will be available to the open source community, so > those with the ability and willingness to contribute will be able to > compile the latest source on the appropriate branch". > > September 21st 2008: Rod opines that people were overreacting on > TSS:http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727#269512 > > September 22nd 2008: Rod clarifies: No release tags in source > repository after the "3-month" > period.http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727#269606 > "Source code will be published in the source repository. After 3 > months SpringSource will continue make maintenance releases as needed > to support our customers. There will be no tags in the repository > corresponding to those releases." > > Various people have observed the time intervals between major > releases. Some > examples:http://forum.springframework.org/showpost.php?p=203235&postcount=22http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=50727#269613 > > September 23rd 2008: SpringSource Releases FAQ to address > concerns:http://www.springsource.com/products/enterprise/maintenancepolicy/faq --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
