Edgar Soldin wrote: > Here is as I see it. If someone feels threatened by the GPL > then probably only because this someone does mainly want to > take advantage of GPL'd software without committing own > resources. A company or person opposing version 3 of GPL > should be asked: Are you planning to use legal weaknesses of > GPL2 to workaround the idea of open and free software? > > On the other hand: I also see projects like the linux kernel > deliberately staying with GPL2 ... > > .. just some thoughts, ede
Hi, For my private needs GPL is fine. In my profession using OpenJUMP as a stand alone GPL program in place of ArcView or some else is fine as well. We are happily using OpenJUMP as GIS client for showing data from local files or WMS, WFS and Oracle sources. We might even happily edit our data in Oracle with OpenJUMP, but unfortunately it is not possible. However, GIS data is a side product for us. Our main job is to run a bunch of integrated services. We have a large variety of software in use, both commercial, open source and self made. Right now we are missing a map component that could be embedded in our existing applications lacking spatial features. Because OpenJUMP is under GPL I don't believe we can easily use it for that purpose. Correct me if I am wrong. I am meaning integration like making a special OJ plugin for logging into our user rights management system, tailored connector for reading data from our databases, sharing some Java components, or being integrated with commercial reporting system. Our contractors have been feeling safe with uDig that is LGPL, as well as with MapServer and Geoserver. That has not prevented us from committing back if we have been able to. It would actually be nice to have some use cases about how OpenJUMP can be legally used together with non-open or in-another-way open software. -Jukka Rahkonen- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
