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Originally Posted by bigmudcake  Interesting,
I have already seen 2 unannounced changes to the way Zimbra does business since being bought by Yahoo.
1. Opensource license has now changed to a "Yahoo Public License" (YPL) - this tells me that they are quietly geering up for model change to how the software is going to be distributed and used in the future.
2. It appears Zimbra no longer use sourceforge for file hosting and more importantly manage the code in an open fashion using sourceforge SVN. It appears to be all taken in house.
These 2 quiet changes don't have a good opensource feeling and can only heighten suspicions mentioned in this thread.
I wonder what future unannounced changes maybe coming for the opensource community ? |
Guys,
I have been around here with most of you for a while now. I think we all have questions and some hesitations about a "big bad monster" coming to gobble up something we hold near and dear to our hearts. I know a lot of us have invested months worth of time convincing people to embrace Zimbra as a messaging platform. I like you, have a passion for open source projects and when I found Zimbra was extremely excited that I would have the features of Exchange, the easy of management like Kerio (minus those annoying bugs), and be able to support the open source community.
I think that Zimbra has been struggling with the appropriate levels of communication, but just imagine how much is going inside the doors of Zimbra at this point. I have quickly reviewed the new YPL FAQs and the transition from ZPL to YPL appears to actually just simplify the licensing and only applies to those who use the Source not binary distros. As for hiding it from us, my RSS reader picked up on the blog posting, but perhaps they should do a clarifying blog post on the licensing?
I have spent several days in San Mateo on specific projects and I have to say the folks there from receptionist all the way to Satish are incredibly dedicated to the mission that Zimbra set out to accomplish. While I have/had concerns about the Yahoo acquisition, I really do trust them that this is the best thing for the product we hold near and dear to our hearts.
I would encourage everyone to take a look at the
Licensing FAQ and continue a healthy conversation in here.
Also, the SVN is coming. I have been nagging them myself as well. They have been undergoing a data center transition and as we all know they have been a bit busy. It is coming, just be patient.
I should also mention that the opinions in this post are mine along and I am not posting under my moderator tag.