Rainer Gerhards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Roadrunner (which is hard to use without redisigning your whole application > [and also hard to use for closed-source projects]).
As responsible for the RoadRunner software project I'm curious as to exactly how you find the library hard to use for closed-source projects. I'm quite confident there's a misunderstanding regarding the license and would happily help explain it, given the chance. RoadRunner is free as in free speech, but also gives you the option to reduce freedom for any projects that may require it. Being a commercial product of CodeFactory, this requires a different (unrelated) license to protect our work and ourselves. This is [partially] similar in purpose to licenses used for "common" proprietary software. However, even in this form I dare say we still provide more flexibility and simpler terms than most software. Of course, details are definitely outside the interest to this list though, but I'll gladly answer any questions in private email. Illustrating the licensing model with an example you're probably familiar with, RoadRunner has the same license as Berkeley DB, and thus offers equal [lack of] complexity in regards to use. A few examples of open and closed source projects using this license model: Open Project; Cyrus IMAP, Ximian Evolution, FreeBSD Proprietary (Closed): Netscape, Cisco, askjeeves.com And many more I'm sure. Regarding freedom and 'openness', the license used throughout the project is approved both as GPL-Compatible Free Software by the Free Software Foundation and as Open Source(tm) by the Open Source Initiative: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sleepycat.php If you have any further questions regarding the licensing, please don't hesitate to contact me directly. -- Daniel Lundin | [EMAIL PROTECTED] CodeFactory AB | http://www.codefactory.se/
