Re: [xmlvm-users] Clarifications on the Linking Exception

[Panayotis K. <pan...@pa...>]

On 17 Μαρ 2010, at 4:29 ΜΜ, Arno Puder wrote:

>
>
> On 3/17/10 7:06 AM, Panayotis Katsaloulis wrote:
>> So, practically that's my original question: a client comes and asks
>> me to write an application for them (and that's a real scenario).
>> I write the application, I compile it and I upload it to app store.
>> With this new aspect, there is no need for the client to purchase
>> XMLVM, right?
>>
>> If of course they want the complete source code and they want to make
>> changes to it and submit them to the app store, *then* they need the
>> license. In any other case they don't.
>> That's my interpretation of what you say.
>> Is it correct?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I couldn't agree more with Gergely.
>>
>> You can not really weight "early" or "heavy" patches, since they
>> exponentially help the project to evolve and/or to explode.
>
> I guess I really did a lot of harm with mentioning the 6 months. As I
> mentioned numerous times now, the length of the linking exception will
> depend on the significance of your contribution. If I understand you
> correctly with what you've written in the remainder of your message,
> some contributions warrant an unlimited linking exception. Is that  
> what
> you have in mind? Would that solve your headaches?


Both of these key points are much much better and clearer now, and  
better address issues with early contributions and/or large important  
& significant contributions which do not "expire".
Thank you, Arno.



I still don't feel comfortable though that the library is under GPL,  
but I can't think of any other way for you to make money for your  
ideas and efforts right now, so I'll be silent for this issue at the  
moment ;)