Re: [mantisbt-dev] Licensing question 'not free for commercial use'

[Lanser P. <pe...@tw...>]

Hi,

I can only speak for the Java client parts of MantisConnect.

After consultation with Victor I released the Java Client API under the
terms of LGPL and the Eclipse plugin under the terms of EPL.

Regards,
Peter

> Hi,
>
> as stated on [1], MantisConnect is a core part of mantis since 1.1.1.
>
> Now, Mantis itself is governed by the GPL whereas MantisConnect is
> governed by a commercial license [2].
>
> And to add to my confusion, MantisConnect consists of a server part
> (=now integrated into Mantis itself) and client parts (such as the
> Eclipse Client or the Java Client API).
>
> So what does that mean now?
>
> Does api/soap/mantisconnect.php need to be removed from Mantis in order
> to remain fully GPL compliant?
>
> [1] http://www.mantisbt.org/blog/?p=18
> [2] http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/license.php
>
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