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

[geographika]

Agree no need for GeoExt to change license.
Sencha link to the list of compatible licenses from their licensing 
page: https://www.sencha.com/legal/open-source-faq/
In the section "What licenses are compatible with GPL v3?" they show BSD 
is compatible with GPLv3.
Regards,

Seth

On 15/07/2015 15:30, Cornelius Weiss wrote:
> Hi Seth,
>
> thanks for pointing this out. GeoExt is not affected by the change. 
> There is no need to switch the GeoExt License, the BSD License is 
> perfectly compatible with GPL code:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
>
> It's up to the users of ExtJS / GeoExt to cope with the new ExtJS 
> Licensing and to meet the License conditions.
>
> regards
> Cornelius
>
>
> Am 13.07.2015 17:49:54, schrieb 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 were targeting with
>         GeoExt 3), Sencha has changed their model and doesnt 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>
>         1-877-673-6436 <http://tel:917>
>         @boundlessgeo <http://twitter.com/boundlessgeo/>
>
>
>
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