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Originally Posted by dijichi2  Hi gmsmith
Great to hear positive note from a hosting partner. There has been lots of speculation and generally not very happy response to the purchase from the evil overlords, however its all gone a bit quiet now, hopefully everyone is reflecting and holding their breath hoping things will go OK. Personally I'm feeling much happier about the OS prospects than I was when the sale was announced, although the rather sudden and unannounced license/sourceforge change didnt help matters. I'm not great with licenses but as you say it does seem to just simplify stuff and not add any more conditions. Conspiracy theorists would wonder why the need for a change however, especially as the network edition stays the same (for now).
I know the Zimbra guys are great guys, and they're gonna be sick of hearing this, but a simple statement from Yahoo would put all these fears and speculation to rest. Why haven't they? |
Ignore the moderator badge above. This is my opinion only.
I looked through the license, and from a layperson's point of view it looked fine. Simply a attribution and give it back clauses. Googling for the license didn't reveal anything (no hits for the license name) which makes me a bit more scared then the MPL derived license (which is Open Source certified), but I don't have anything concrete to base that on. The text looks okay.
My guess is that the Yahoo lawyers got involved, and this is something Yahoo already was mooting. Yahoo to this point has mostly released their code under the BSD license, something that would never work for Zimbra's business model.