Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

On 3/20/07, Tim Haynes wrote: We will be updating the website with these clarifications in the near future. Any news on the new Virtuoso version? The VOS site hasn't been updated in a while. Regards, Emile

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

Emiliano Heyns wrote: [] Yes, agreed. That does mean that application builders must take extra care when including other non-GPL libraries. I've been in discussions where applications that use JDBC, .Net providers and ODBC fall; the "contact surface" of the application is not directly with the li

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

On 3/20/07, Tim Haynes wrote: After conferring with Kingsley and others, I'd like to set the record straight on licensing. First, the GPL says nothing about commercial use or otherwise. It is Which doesn't mean that OpenLink can't add clauses of its own. It's your software after all. per

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

Emiliano Heyns wrote: [] I've been thinking about this, and I am still not certain about how to read the licensing. If I were to build that CMS, who would get to use it? Only private persons? Only approved (by whom?) OSS projects? Only OSS Projects that use the GPL exclusively? Would a commerci

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

On 3/15/07, Emiliano Heyns wrote: But MySQL under the GPL does allow commercial use (hence, a.o. all those ISPs using it). It just doesn't allow you to distribute proprietary apps with MySQL. The two angles are entirely different. Again, the Linux kernel serves as an example: you cannot create

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

On 3/15/07, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > OK, so ODS is a packaging facility. A platform :-) OK... I think. I'll just go play with it to more get a better feel for it. > I'm still not entirely clear on the non-commercial use clause that I > assume is going to be added to the license for VOS. F

Re: [Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

Emiliano Heyns wrote: On 3/15/07, *Kingsley Idehen* > wrote: ODS is a Distributed Collaborative Applications (DCA) suite. It provides platforms (app. instances) for: 1. Weblogs 2. Wikis 3. Shared Bookmarks 4. WebDAV based File Server (B

[Virtuoso-users] Licensing (Was: Virtuoso Open Source Edition and distributed SPARQL queries)

On 3/15/07, Kingsley Idehen wrote: ODS is a Distributed Collaborative Applications (DCA) suite. It provides platforms (app. instances) for: 1. Weblogs 2. Wikis 3. Shared Bookmarks 4. WebDAV based File Server (Briefcase) 5. Shared Feeds Subscriptions Live instances exist at: http://myopenlink.