<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">this is a heads-up to the community, and mostly that part of the community that is unable to deal with GPL applications.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For Ext JS 6 (which is the version of Ext we’re targeting with GeoExt 3), Sencha has changed their model and doesn’t offer the open source exception anymore.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This means there are 2 options basically:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) GeoExt 3 will be GPL only (not BSD anymore)</div><div class="">2) all the developers and contributors to GeoExt 3 need to get a Sencha commercial license for Ext JS (for prices see here: <a href="https://www.sencha.com/store/extjs/" class="">https://www.sencha.com/store/extjs/</a>), and GeoExt 3 would need to be licensed with a dual license model (commercial, GPL) as well</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are currently no funds available for option 2), hence option 1) is very likely.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If this is problematic for you or your company, please speak up now in case you have any funding available to influence this important decision.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">TIA.</div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Bart<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Bart van den Eijnden</span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">Front End Software Engineer | <a href="http://boundlessgeo.com/" class="">Boundless</a></span><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class="">
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