Re: [xmlvm-users] Licence issues

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

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Jacob Nordfalk <jac...@gm...>wrote:

>
> For us (an image improvement company - http://carambaimaging.com/ -
> considering an iPhone port of our closed source application) the situation
> is that we - before engaging - must somehow estimate costs and time spended.
>
> It came as a chok for me this morning when I realized 2) and that there
> might be a problem (we must keep the source closed - even if I personally
> disagree). So we will have to rely on 3) - and so, the question is how big
> "a contribution" is.
>
> It would be great if I could give my boss an estimate of what "a
> contribution" maximally is, so he could count the cost (in these times, he
> is always counting  :-|
>


My experience with xmlvm was similar (and I think the problem is
widespread). I started experimenting with it thinking that it is under GPL,
and like most other GPL projects (think GNU compilers) will not force me to
open-source my code just by using it. After investing some time and effort
on xmlvm, I realized that it was not the case. I hope XMLVM could somehow
make this point clearer at its project page (while it is figuring out its
licensing issues) so that people dont get surprised.

Inder