Subject | A question about open source |
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Author | Leyne, Sean |
Post date | 2000-08-24T13:55:02Z |
All,
This is a theoretical question about open source and commercial products
which use them or access them. I'm trying to get a sense of what the
community thinks open-source means and the related licensing boundaries.
Scenario:
I own a company that offers support services/programs for an open-source
database software [I think we can think of one].
I now decide to create a data access driver (say to ColdFusion) for this
open-source software.
Question:
Can I charge a license fee for this driver or does the driver need to be
release as open-source?
Sean
This is a theoretical question about open source and commercial products
which use them or access them. I'm trying to get a sense of what the
community thinks open-source means and the related licensing boundaries.
Scenario:
I own a company that offers support services/programs for an open-source
database software [I think we can think of one].
I now decide to create a data access driver (say to ColdFusion) for this
open-source software.
Question:
Can I charge a license fee for this driver or does the driver need to be
release as open-source?
Sean