[Users] ExtJS Licensing Changes

[Christian Mayer]

Hi Seth, hi all,

I stumbled upon the licence change a few weeks ago. I planned to buy a 
single license for the Sencha Architect. But then I discovered that I 
just have the possibility to buy 5 licenses, so I did not buy. Really 
annoying.
For GeoExt as a library I do not see a direct problem since we fully 
rely on the GPL version of ExtJS and if you license your application 
under GPL anything changes. But I know that some customers cannot accept 
a GPL software or release their apps as Open Source so the developers 
need the commercially licensed ExtJS. So I understand the anger of 
freelacers or small companies with one or two developers who cannot 
afford 5 licenses at once by needing just one license. What makes me 
really angry is the fact that Sencha still did not give an official 
statement which raises the fear that more changes can come in the near 
future.
On December 2nd there is the German SenchaDay in Karsruhe. AFAICT some 
GeoExt developers will be there, maybe they can get some information on 
this.

Cheers,
Chris

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Christian Mayer, Dipl.-Ing.(FH)
GIS-Spezialist & Software-Developer
Web: http://www.meggsimum.de
Mail: chris at meggsimum.de