> Here is a question. If I decide to modify my business model and go for a > franchise type business where I sell the entire package which includes > website, admin (ofbiz) and product to a company from what I understand I can > do so freely with the Apache's License but I could not do it with a HPL. Is > this a correct assumption?
Yes, to do so in case of Opentaps, if you don't want to expose your own code, you have to buy a commercial lience from OpenSource Strategy. Jacques > > > > Christian Geisert wrote: > > > > Florin Jurcovici schrieb: > >> Hello. > >> > >> To see if I really got it wrong, I did a bit of research on the various > >> licenses. I think it is useful to restate briefly what I understand from > >> each license. (I surely would like to see a lawyer comment on these > >> licensing issues.) > > > > [..] > > > >> Apache license: as far as I can understand it, it allows you to > >> commercially license only stuff which is only coupled on interfaces > >> exposed by an app, such as plugins, but not stuff which replaces parts > >> of an app and/or implements various things differently, and which uses > >> code in the app to build and run - like for instance licensing ofbiz > >> with a module which not only provides additional financial services but > >> also changes whatever there already is in ofbiz. > > > > I don't know where you got this information from but it is clearly > > wrong, see > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#WhatDoesItMEAN > > for details. > > Short: You are allowed to distribute/sell your software which is based > > on code licensed under the Apache License and you are not required to > > publish your modified code. All you need to do is to include the license > > and give an attribution notice. > > Big difference to the GPL (whatever version) > > > > -- > > Christian > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Questions-about-the-future-of-ofbiz-tf3533557.html#a9920685 > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
