[Seaside] [Q] Could SproutCore be another solution for Seaside?

Sean Allen sean at monkeysnatchbanana.com
Wed Jun 25 19:08:37 UTC 2008


On Jun 25, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>>>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry Dorofeev <dima-sender-3c337a at yasp.com> writes:
>
> Dmitry> We considered once again releasing under straight LGPL but  
> it was not
> Dmitry> an option as a business. We tried that with version 1.0 and  
> found out
> Dmitry> quickly that it enabled others (e.g. large commercial  
> entities) to
> Dmitry> take our work, wrap it up and sell it as their own. With no  
> mention of
> Dmitry> us at all. We, as a business with a full time team of talented
> Dmitry> developers, can not exist under those circumstances. We  
> would quickly
> Dmitry> become diluted and competing with ourselves.
>
> Oddly enough, if all they wanted was credit, a BSD license with
> an advertising clause would have in fact done precisely that.

I think the 'sell it as their own' might be a big part of that equation.


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