Re: [OSCOM] ANN: Magnolia 3.0 Simple Enterprise Content Management released

Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
> 
> "The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the
> software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing
> programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a
> royalty or other fee for such sale."
> 
> 
> As I understand this, (according to this definition) open source
> implicates free availability. Or am I getting this wrong?

Yes and no. This is just one of many "open source" licenses available.
According to this one, a developer can sell their software under this
license. In other words, it is perfectly acceptable for an organization
to charge for their open source software (such as a CMS), but they must
understand the redistribution terms.

No where in the term "open source" does it imply "free". It all depends
on which licenses the software is available under. In fact, some open
source software is distributed under more than one license. It's a
matter of which one supersedes the other.

Michelle