Re: [Jaws-project-developers] Licensing

[Pablo F. <pa...@pa...>]

Hi,

> I'm currently in the process of turning the odd bit of web
> design/development I do into a real job (as in full time), and would
> like to use Jaws as my backend for the sites I work on.

Nice! :-)

> Part of this is to offer "sites in a box", where the client would
> essentially be handed a turnkey website that they can add content to
> using the Jaws control panel.
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> Obviously I would be charging clients for the privilege of using this
> site. I will also be branding the control panel with my company's
> logo/colour scheme.
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> What I'd like to know is what people's opinion on this would be - mainly
> the opinion of the core team who've been working on the project since
> it's birth.

Well... you can do whatever you want with the website. You don't need to
advise us that you are doing bussiness with the core when you are also
an official Developer of it :-).

I don't find any reason to charge money or to exchange for something
else. As you know, Jaws (mostly MCV) runs over the JawsCore
(Application, DB, Registry, Template, Gadget system, Model System,
etc..), all the other stuff (plugins and gagdets) are commodities for
it.

So, charging for the Core when you are contributing to the code?, no
way. You will be working coding new gadgets for your commerce website,
those gadgets... are YOUR gadgets, not of us. If you want to release
them under GPL and commit them to the CVS.. thanks but this is not
needed.

Also, remember that jaws is under GPL (GPLized), so.. until you don't
violate the rules of GPL there's no problem. If there's a big reason of
changing the license.. we need to talk about it, but I don't see any
need for it.. However, I don't like GPL, but that's another history :-)

> I'm willing to donate either time or money to the project in return for
> this - money would likely be a percentage of the income I make, time is
> likely to be more flexible - essentially you'll get me working full time
> on Jaws related stuff, although it's unlikely that everything I do will
> see CVS since some of the stuff I create will only be useful to that
> client.

Honestly, we don't need returns for the code for using it.. until you
don't violate the GPL rules everything will be OK. But if you, as
official developer want to help us with your business site... just add a
little banner so Google can find it :-). But there's no need for it.

Also, you don't need to give us money or something else, you are already
helping us with MVC and we are _VERY_ happy about that :-)

Pablo
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