[izpack-devel] JetBrains has granted us an Open Source License

[miraodb]

Hi julien,

Great stuffs !
I can see that JetBrains aren't rough on the edges, which is really cool !
So thanks them. I'd like to get a key when you have one for me.

Let me know,
Fabrice.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julien Ponge" <julien at izforge.com>
To: <izpack-devel at lists.berlios.de>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:41 PM
Subject: [izpack-devel] JetBrains has granted us an Open Source License


> Hi all,
> 
> I have contacted JetBrains about an Open Source License for IzPack. I  
> will soon receive the key, and interested developers can contact me  
> to obtain it. As you can see from the email extract below, JetBrains  
> is very fair and does not put insane restrictions.
> 
> I would like to thank JetBrains for supporting IzPack and other F/OSS  
> projects!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I am the original developer and maintainer of the IzPack project
> > (http://www.izforge.com/izpack/). A few developers and I have been
> > trying IDEA lately, and we've found it to be powerful. We are
> > interested to apply for an Open Source License for the project.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in our product!
> 
> Your project seems to meet our requirements. Great! :)
> 
> > I have read the license and found it to be very fair, but I have a  
> few
> > questions about Jetbrains policy with Open Source licensee. The
> > following points have been raised in our discussions on wether to
> > apply for an IDEA license or not.
> > - Do you require further advertising from projects? We would see no
> > objections to put a logo on our pages and thank Jetbrains of course.
> 
> It would be great if you could display one of our logos on your  
> project's
> site page and link it to our website. However, this is absolutely not
> required. This is a no-strings-attached license.
> 
> > - Does the license allow to work only for the given project, or is it
> > possible to work on other Open Source projects with it as well?
> 
> You will receive one common key, which you are eligible to distribute  
> only
> among the developers involved in the registered project. It is clear  
> that
> you and your work-mate can use it to work on other Open Source  
> projects as
> well.
> 
> > - We are strongly commited to supporting the diversity in the IDE
> > space. Hence, we would not want to favor IDEA over Eclipse over
> > Netbeans and so on. Do you have any objection with that?
> 
> Certainly not! Favour to one or another IDE is just a matter of comfort,
> customs, tastes, and many-many other things so we don't expect our  
> users to
> be funs or evangelists, therefore we don't have any objections of  
> this kind.
> 
> > - Some developers happen contribute from their workplaces, would they
> > be allowed to install IDEA for the sole purpose of working on IzPack?
> 
> If I understand you correctly, the key you will receive is a key,  
> which can
> work even on computers, linked to one network, simultaneously. So we  
> don't
> any "topological" restrictions.
> 
> 
> --
> Julien Ponge
> http://www.izforge.com/
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> 
> 
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