[Users] [Dev] Ext JS license change influencing GeoExt 3

[geographika]

Hi all,

 From my point of view the main issue is with the ExtJS licensing rather 
than GeoExt. Now an ExtJS license is > $5,000 as they have to be bought 
in packs of 5 then our systems are all now released as GPL.
As I understand it, as long as the client (e.g. a government department) 
is given the full source code, which is what most require as part of a 
contract anyway, then this means the terms of the GPL are met. I presume 
that "user" is the organisation rather than a government employee that 
may occasional access the system in a browser?
Has anyone had any professional legal advice about ExtJS/GeoExt/GPL?

When an ExtJS license was $300 it was easier to simply buy the 
commercial license and not worry about the above.

I guess there is no way a company like Boundless could buy license packs 
of 5 and sell them on to individual developers?

Regards,

Seth

On 28/06/2015 11:53, Gary White wrote:
> It's so sad that Sencha had to screw up a good thing.  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+).  I still can't figure out how they decided that 
> the changes are a good idea.  I guess that they're just willing to 
> lose a significant segment of their customers in order to get those 
> big bulk licensing payments.  SMDH
>
> Regardless, I've really enjoyed using GeoExt and I want to thank all 
> those who've contributed to this great project.
>
> Gary
> On 06/26/15, Bart van den Eijnden<bartvde at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> this is a heads-up to the community, and mostly that part of the 
> community  that is unable to deal with GPL applications.
>
> 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.
>
> This means there are 2 options basically:
>
> 1) GeoExt 3 will be GPL only (not BSD anymore)
> 2) all the developers and contributors to GeoExt 3 need to get a 
> Sencha commercial license for Ext JS (for prices see here: 
> https://www.sencha.com/store/extjs/), and GeoExt 3 would need to be 
> licensed with a dual license model (commercial, GPL) as well
>
> There are currently no funds available for option 2), hence option 1) 
> is very likely.
>
> 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.
>
> TIA.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> Bart van den Eijnden
> Front End Software Engineer | Boundless <http://boundlessgeo.com/>
> bartvde at boundlessgeo.com <mailto:bartvde at boundlessgeo.com>
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>
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