[TAG] (forw) Alfresco shifts to GPL

[Rick Moen]

Alfresco is the Web 2.0 firm whose VP of Business Development, Matt
Asay, is on OSI's Board of Directors.

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From: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp.org>
To: TAG <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
To: license-discuss at opensource.org
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:31:35 +0100
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Subject: Alfresco shifts to GPL

Some good news in the license consolidation (and badgeware) discussion:

        The company's free Community edition previously used the Mozilla
        Public License, but the move to GPL removes some barriers, said
        Matt Asay, Alfresco's vice president of marketing. The company's
        supported and Enterprise edition remains available under a
        commercial license.
        
        "We wanted the code to be bigger than the company," Asay said.
        "People basically know what (the GPL) means, so there's no time
        wasted wondering (about) MPL [and extra exhibit B clauses]."
        
        [...]
        
        the company did add to the GPL license a "FLOSS exception"
        provision that permits the software to be embedded in other
        FLOSS (free/libre/open-source software) packages. With the
        exception, those other projects don't have to worry about a
        potential requirement to release their own software under the
        GPL, Asay said.

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