| Birt licence confusion. [message #82036] |
Tue, 18 October 2005 16:13  |
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Originally posted by: wim.nospam.org
Hello All,
Actuate.com is a company that sells maintenance licences for birt. They
mention an
"unclear" open source (i.e. birt) licence:
<quote>
IT organizations often resist using open-source software because it is
neither maintained nor supported by an accountable vendor, nor does it carry
a clear license that makes it legally safe for everyday commercial use.
<quote>
Further on, they claim to sell something that should solve this problem.
<quote>
Actuate BIRT is functionally equivalent to Eclipse BIRT, but also provides:
a.. A one-button installer for setting up the Actuate BIRT SDK
b.. A commercial software license that grants organizations clear,
unambiguous rights to build applications with BIRT
etc ...
<quote>
Questions:
Is this misleading, or is this company actually granted to convert the
apparantly unclear license to a clear license and ask money for this?
Can I use BIRT as a charting tool for my commercial applications?
Thanks in advance,
Wim
I just read a mail from the actuate.com website
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| Re: Birt licence confusion. [message #82716 is a reply to message #82036] |
Thu, 20 October 2005 16:08  |
| Eclipse User |
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Wim,
Thanks for pointing this out. The wording was not very good and we have
just updated it to be clearer.
If you have any further questions on Actuate BIRT, feel free to email me
directly.
Regards,
Paul Clenahan
Actuate
Wim Jongman wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Actuate.com is a company that sells maintenance licences for birt. They
> mention an
> "unclear" open source (i.e. birt) licence:
>
> <quote>
> IT organizations often resist using open-source software because it is
> neither maintained nor supported by an accountable vendor, nor does it carry
> a clear license that makes it legally safe for everyday commercial use.
> <quote>
>
> Further on, they claim to sell something that should solve this problem.
>
> <quote>
>
> Actuate BIRT is functionally equivalent to Eclipse BIRT, but also provides:
>
> a.. A one-button installer for setting up the Actuate BIRT SDK
> b.. A commercial software license that grants organizations clear,
> unambiguous rights to build applications with BIRT
> etc ...
> <quote>
>
>
> Questions:
> Is this misleading, or is this company actually granted to convert the
> apparantly unclear license to a clear license and ask money for this?
> Can I use BIRT as a charting tool for my commercial applications?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Wim
>
>
> I just read a mail from the actuate.com website
>
>
>
>
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