[Psc] Fwd: ExtJS and GeoExt

[Tim Schaub]

Thanks for the forward Adam.

I think our license page spells out the options pretty clearly.

http://trac.geoext.org/wiki/license

This is somewhat buried, but I think we can make it more prominent, 
especially if we are confident that our suggestions are in compliance 
with your licenses.

The open vs. closed distinction feels pretty straightforward to me (we 
only quote "commercial" license to allow that open licenses can be part 
of a commercial operation).

One area that we are still a bit shaky on is what happens when an 
application pulls in code that is not distributed with an OSI approved 
license.

Specifically, if someone develops an application with Ext that makes use 
of the Google Maps API, do they need to buy a "commercial" license from Ext?

I am not sure how the GPL treats web pages that include script 
references to non GPL code.

Thanks,
Tim

Ext Licensing wrote:
> FYI ...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ext Licensing <licensing at extjs.com>
> Date: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: ExtJS and GeoExt
> To: "Peterson, Scott (Pittsburgh)" <SCPETERSON at mbakercorp.com>
> 
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Yes - we're supportive of GeoExt and you do need an Ext JS commercial
> license if you want to close your source.  You can get that here:
> http://www.extjs.com/store/extjs/
> 
> ~ Adam
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Peterson, Scott (Pittsburgh) <
> SCPETERSON at mbakercorp.com> wrote:
> 
>>   Hello:
>>
>>
>>
>> We are looking into using GeoExt for a mapping application that we are
>> building for a client.  We found that GoeExt depends on ExtJS 2.2, but our
>> application will not be open source, so it appears that we will need a
>> commercial license of ExtJS.  Is this the case, or is there a separate
>> arrangement with GeoExt?  What are our options?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your help,
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> *Scott C. Peterson*
>>
>> *Senior Systems Analyst / GIS Programmer*
>>
>> * *
>>
>> Michael Baker Corporation
>>
>> Airside Business Park
>>
>> 100 Airside Drive
>>
>> Moon Township, PA 15108
>>
>> 412-269-6092
>>
>> 412-375-3992 (fax)
>>
>> scpeterson at mbakercorp.com
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 


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