Re: [Cppcms-users] Proposal to release CppCMS 2.0 and migrate to C++11

[Stanimir M. <sta...@zo...>]

Since this thread looks to be mainly for requests, here is mine:

Artyom, is it time to reconsider more permissive license?

I am not asking blindly, so here are my arguments:

 - you wrote that in the FAQ of cppcms
http://cppcms.com/wikipp/en/page/faq#Do.you.plan.to.change.the.framework.s.license.in.the.future.
 - my usage of CppCMS is not advance at all (think for me as an
average Joe Coder) and maybe I had to chose another framework years
ago because of that. Even that, I can't express enough praise for
CppCMS. It is the most easiest c++ framework that was available when I
started to use it and that is still true. Contrary to the above
documentation complains, I found the docs easy to follow. All my code
is c++1y and CppCMS works pretty good despite some deprecated
warnings.
However, recently I started to use Docker containers and CI
(Continuous Integration), where all apps are build and linked
statically.
The license of CppCMS that I use is LGPL and I had to do a lot of
twists to use it without static linkage. Even that, current state of
my setup is not satisfying.
 - current license sounds like you want to be the only developer of
CppCMS, so that you can earn some living of it through the commercial
license. This is just fine, every one should get paid for such a
brilliant work. That may be the unspoken reason until now for missing
contributions from other developers.

I am a bit afraid that you may consider my request for rude or that
you should not get paid for CppCMS. To the contrary, if you get paid,
CppCMS will get better because of your increased efforts to develop
it.
Also, note that it is just a request and maybe a suggestion. I will
not move away of CppCMS if you don't do it, even that my use of this
framework is pretty simple and you won't lose a big deal of a user if
i do :)