Re: [xmlvm-users] Using xmlvm in a commercial product

[Inderjeet S. <ind...@gm...>]

Hi Arno,

I would love to support your project but I am an individual with
limited means who is trying to convert one of my Android applications
into an iPhone app. This is more as a hobby so I am not expecting to
make much money here.

Your choice of GPL (not LGPL) probably hinders the broader use of your
technologies. I have created a bunch of open-source projects and
always chose BSD or Apache-style licensing. I humbly recommend that
you reconsider your choice of license.

In any case, since I did not hear back from you in time, I went ahead
and created another open-source project that  provides a Java to
Objective C code-converter. See http://code.google.com/p/java2objc/
for my project. My goal here is somewhat different from yours. I
intend to generate Objective C source-code as if a competent
programmer would have written it. This is at the expense of providing
complete and accurate transformation which (I think) xmlvm strives to
provide.

Thanks
Inder




On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Arno Puder<ar...@pu...> wrote:
>
> Inderjeet,
>
> both GPL and L-GPL require you to submit any
> modifications/enhancements/fixes you make to XMLVM back to us. Both licenses
> allow you to use XMLVM in a commercial product. However, the GPL also
> requires you to make your own application available under the GPL license if
> you link the XMLVM libraries to your application. Most likely this is not
> what you had in mind if you want to use XMLVM for a commercial product (this
> requirement basically limits your business model to services around your
> product).
>
> We put a lot of efforts in making XMLVM. May I suggest an alternative: we
> are willing to grant you a commercial license for XMLVM that would allow you
> to use XMLVM in a commercial product. This commercial license would not
> require you to publish your own source code under an Open Source license. In
> return for the commercial license, you give us some funding to enhance
> XMLVM. This is the essence of dual-licensing (releasing source code under
> two different licenses: an Open Source as well as a commercial license).
> Considering all the work that already went into XMLVM, I think this is a
> fair trade. What do you think?
>
> Arno
>
>
> Inderjeet Singh wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for writing the xmlvm tool: it seems like an awesome way to
>> write Java code that is usable in Android applications as well as
>> iPhone ones.
>>
>> I noted that you picked GPL as the license. Is your intention that
>> xmlvm be used only for open-source projects? Would you consider making
>> it available under LGPL so that we can contribute back modifications
>> to xmlvm but at least be able to use it in commercial apps?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Inderjeet
>>
>>
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