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Dear all, I am looking for an OR-mapper which can be distributed as part as a commercial, closed-source application. I read the license agreement, but some paragraphs struck me. "merge the Mindscape Software with other software", What exactly does that mean? Does this mean that I am required to get your written permission for selling a product which uses LightSpeed? As far as I can tell from other forum posts this is not the intention of LightSpeed. And that would make sense, since writing applications is what those libraries are typically used for ;-) Furthermore, I saw some discission from 2009 about §2.5.b. If we chose LightSpeed, my company would definately be willing to comply with your license agreement. However, that we will NOT be willing to grant any access to our computers. This implies that we would be required to chosse a differnt OR mapper Thanks in advance, |
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(and sorry for the typos, I am a bit in a hurry...) |
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Hi Eric, Thanks for your forum post and I appreciate your concerns. The agreement is a bit over the top in parts and we're working on making it a little easier for people (the side effect of working with lawyers - they always get a bit carried away, even what we have now is simplified back from the original). While we work through getting the new agreements in place, please feel free to email me: jd@mindscape.co.nz and I will provide you with a license that omits the clauses the clauses about your computers and doesn't specify the need for written consent to distribute the runtime libraries with your application! Thanks again for the feedback Eric, John-Daniel Trask |
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