Re: Licensing Model: open downstream apps or proprietary license

[Mitchell Baker]

Lawrence E. Rosen wrote:

Mitchell Baker wrote:
 

The Open Source Applications Foundation 
(http://www.osafoundation.org) 
is planning the 0.1 release of Chandler (a personal 
information manager) 
shortly, hopefully by the end of April.  OSAF's plan of record for 
licensing is to follow the model used by MySQL:  recipients 
must either 
(a) make their entire application available under the GPL or other 
approved open source license, or (b) get a commercial license from 
OSAF.  I'm very interested in the thinking of this group about this 
model.  The plan is reasonably firm but not set in stone, so I'd 
appreciate hearing about potential pitfalls as well as benefits.
   

I've always liked that model.  :-)  /Larry Rosen

 

Excellent.  That's good to know.

Mitchell

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