Fw: GPL / LGPL
Gerd Mueller <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:18:53 +0200
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Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:25:14 +0200 From: "Christian Merenda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: GPL / LGPL Dear sir / madam, on your website <http://www.ozone-db.org/> www.ozone-db.org you have to licenses _Ozone Library License_ and _Ozone Core License_. The first is essentially based on the LGPL, the second one on the GPL. So I do not understand which license is the right one or better to say: Which license corresponds to which part of the database system? If you_re restraining the core to the GPL, ozone would be no option for everybody who plans to distribute a commercial and proprietary application. In our special case, we have developed a very smart object-oriented database metamodel and API, which could be implemented on top of different back-ends. We_ve done already for JBoss and Ozone is another option for us. As our model-driven architecture approach is extremely powerful and complemented with a best-of-class IDE it could give Ozone a boost in widespread application. We_re strongly contributed to Open Source and we_re planning to give our work back to the Open Source Community under the GPL. So it_s absolutely free to use in the Open Source Environment. Additionally we will offer a proprietary, commercial license for the rest of the industrie. Can we do this with Ozone in the back-end? Do you offer the product under the LGPL? Additionally it could be interesting for you to tightly integrate Ozone with our product. If we work together, we can squeeze out the maximum amount of performance of an ODBMS with the highest level of abstraction ever seen on the market. What do you think about this? Best regards, Christian Merenda ---------------------------- Christian Merenda Franz-Joseph-Str. 7 80801 München Tel.: 0 89/82 90 97-17 Fax: 0 89/82 90 97-18 E-Mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Web: <http://www.merenda.de> www.merenda.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gerd Mueller [email protected] SMB GmbH http://www.smb-tec.com
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>on your website </span></font></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span><a href="http://www.ozone-db.org/"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>www.ozone-db.org</span></font></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB'> <span lang=EN-GB>you have to licenses „Ozone Library License” and „Ozone Core License“. The first is essentially based on the LGPL, the second one on the GPL.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>So I do not understand which license is the right one or better to say: Which license corresponds to which part of the database system?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>If you’re restraining the core to the GPL, ozone would be no option for everybody who plans to distribute a commercial and proprietary application.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>In our special case, we have developed a very smart object-oriented database metamodel and API, which could be implemented on top of different back-ends. We´ve done already for JBoss and Ozone is another option for us. As our model-driven architecture approach is extremely powerful and complemented with a best-of-class IDE it could give Ozone a boost in widespread application.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We´re strongly contributed to Open Source and we´re planning to give our work back to the Open Source Community under the GPL. So it´s absolutely free to use in the Open Source Environment. Additionally we will offer a proprietary, commercial license for the rest of the industrie. Can we do this with Ozone in the back-end? Do you offer the product under the LGPL?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Additionally it could be interesting for you to tightly integrate Ozone with our product. If we work together, we can squeeze out the maximum amount of performance of an ODBMS with the highest level of abstraction ever seen on the market. 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