Re: [Wrapper-user] Licensing for older versions (versions prior to 3.3.0)

[Christian M. <chr...@ta...>]

Hello Jeroen,

up to 3.2.3 the Wrapper was licensed under the MIT license:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

In 3.3.0 when we introduced for the first time the standard professional
and community edition.
The community edition has been licensed since then under the GPLv2 license:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The MIT license allowed also the commercial use of the Wrapper with
proprietary software, whereas the GPLv2 requires that any part of the
software being distributed along with the Wrapper has to be complaint with
GPLv2, encouraging the use of open source.
The intended use of the community license, is also explained in detail on
our site:
http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/doc/english/licenseCommunity.html#use

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Thank you,

Christian



On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:26 PM, jeroen vranckx <jvr...@gm...>wrote:

> hi,
>
> I am kinda confused right now.
>
> "So yes, it is possible to use any version up
> through 3.2.3 under the old license it was released under."
>
> Was the licensing differntly in the early days of the wrapper?
> Was it for example possible to use the community version of the wrapper
> for commercial  purposes?
> Am I forced to use a standard or professional edition if it takes place in
> a company-environment?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> grtz, jeroen
>
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2012 15:23, Leif Mortenson <lei...@ta...>wrote:
>
>> DS,
>> While we of course appreciate if you support ongoing development of
>> the Wrapper, as it is being used to help with your commercial
>> application.  We have never gone back and modified the license of
>> anything we released.  So yes, it is possible to use any version up
>> through 3.2.3 under the old license it was released under.  Please be
>> sure to look over the release notes as there are several known issues
>> and a lot of new features which have been added since then.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Leif
>>
>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:43 PM, D U <du...@ym...> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Just want to know what is the licensing status of the older versions
>> > (versions older than 3.3.0) of Tanuki Java Service Wrapper. Can I use
>> > versions older than 3.3.0 in a commercial application for free?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > DS
>>
>>
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