Sunday, April 15, 2007
Just How 'Free' Are Open Source Licensing Models?
Just How 'Free' Are Open Source Licensing Models?
...asks Seth Grimes, in this April 10, 2007 blog post.
Seth feels that confusion and controversy about Open Source licensing exist, and that concerns are "both alleviated and complicated" by a profusion of options that range from GPL's communitarianism to the Common Public License's collaborative focus to BSD's laissez-faire liberality.
Analysing SplendidCRM's (SugarCRM extension) business model, he says "SplendidCRM's development process and the licensing model they share with SugarCRM seem immature. Open Source is most vibrant and successful, measured by adoption, quality, and profit potential, when projects are truly and completely free with the collaboration that freedom promotes." He obviously feels that SplendidCRM does not qualify fully as Open Source?
Interesting article, read the full post here @ Intelligent Enteprise
...asks Seth Grimes, in this April 10, 2007 blog post.
Seth feels that confusion and controversy about Open Source licensing exist, and that concerns are "both alleviated and complicated" by a profusion of options that range from GPL's communitarianism to the Common Public License's collaborative focus to BSD's laissez-faire liberality.
Analysing SplendidCRM's (SugarCRM extension) business model, he says "SplendidCRM's development process and the licensing model they share with SugarCRM seem immature. Open Source is most vibrant and successful, measured by adoption, quality, and profit potential, when projects are truly and completely free with the collaboration that freedom promotes." He obviously feels that SplendidCRM does not qualify fully as Open Source?
Interesting article, read the full post here @ Intelligent Enteprise
Labels: business-models, case-studies, crm
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