[sldev] Opening the server source?

[Laurent Laborde]

On 6/25/07, Tao Takashi <tao.takashi at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Just to get this clear: Is releasing the server as open source and opening
> up the grid to plugin third-party servers one project?
> I'd think that as long as you don't open up the grid but only release the
> source code you wouldn't have to worry about lost revenue?
> (as long as nobody creates the backend services themselves and creates
> another (separate) grid).
>
> Of course I can imagine that opening up the grid is a somewhat difficult
> task to do from all points of view.

Exactly !
1)  We're used to think "opensource server = 3rd party hosting" but
it's not the point here. We could have the source without being
allowed to connect to the main grid.
2) Licence problems. All we need is the ability to compile, read, and
patch the sourcecode. Who said it had to be GPL ? As a first step you
could release the sourcecode with a proprietary custom licence and
release it as GPL... Later. And if some people don't want to patch
non-GPL code... well... they don't, point !

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kerunix Flan