<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 12px"><div><font face="Verdana" size="2">It's so sad that Sencha had to screw up a good thing. &nbsp;Their ridiculous licensing changes/costs mean that I probably won't be using the version(s) that it covers or any product that is linked to them (including GeoExt 3+). &nbsp;I still can't figure out how they decided that the changes are a good idea. &nbsp;I guess that they're just willing to lose a significant segment of their customers in order to get those big bulk licensing payments. &nbsp;SMDH</font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2">Regardless, I've really enjoyed using GeoExt and I want to thank all those who've contributed to this great project.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2">Gary&nbsp;</font></div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px;"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">On 06/26/15, <span>Bart van den Eijnden&lt;bartvde@boundlessgeo.com&gt;</span> wrote:</span><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Hello everyone,<div class=""><br class="" /></div><div class="">this is a heads-up to the community, and mostly that part of the community &nbsp;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 class="" href="https://www.sencha.com/store/extjs/" target="_blank">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 class="" clear="all" /><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class=""><br class="" /></div><span class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Bart van den Eijnden</span><br class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" /><span class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Front End Software Engineer | <a class="" href="http://boundlessgeo.com/" target="_blank">Boundless</a></span><br class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" /><a class="parsedEmail" href="mailto:bartvde@boundlessgeo.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial;font-size:small" target="_blank">bartvde@boundlessgeo.com</a><br class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" /><a class="" href="http://tel:917-460-7207" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial;font-size:small" target="_blank" value="+19174607207">1-877-673-6436</a><br class="" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" /><a class="" href="http://twitter.com/boundlessgeo/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial;font-size:small" target="_blank">@boundlessgeo</a><div class=""><br class="" /><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><a class="" href="http://boundlessgeo.com" target="_blank"><img class="" src="http://boundlessgeo.com/wp-content/uploads/files/boundless_sig.png" /></a><br class="" /></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="" /></div><br /><hr size="1" /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Users mailing list<br /><a class="parsedEmail" href="mailto:Users@geoext.org" target="_blank">Users@geoext.org</a><br /><a class="parsedLink" href="http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br /></div></div>