By wombat42a
via savvyduck.blogspot.com
Submitted: Apr 24 2008 / 17:28
"Quid Pro Quo" is the saying used to justify the recent switch from LGPL to GPLv3 in Ext 2.1. It does seem pretty fair for a software company to spend a few hundred dollars on a commercial license when the library saves thousands in development costs. Some software companies spend more on free soda for the staff than they will on the license. So good for the guys at Ext, they built a pretty decent product and they deserve to make some money. They are a real company now that they are earning revenue from their product.
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mcnaz replied ago:
ExtJS are fully entitled to switch products. I do think the ruckus is about:
1. ExtJS lack of understanding of the GPLv3. They are using FUD to try and sell a commercial license. Claiming that GPLv3 will force you to GPL ALL your code that touches their library is wrong.
2. ExtJS has also alienated all their contributors.
an EXTJS commercial license is peanuts compared to the time it saves you. FUD, on the other hand, is wrong and unforgivable.
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