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Originally Posted by think0r  While that sounds a lot like handing out milk in cookies approach to this problem the reality is that all the milk and cookies in the world isn't going to make the current licensing issue any better. It doesn't matter if MS buys Yahoo or not. The possibility of this is unacceptable to clients. Your current license exposes us to this risk of having all of our Zimbra implementations turned into bastardware. How could I possibly consult my clients to adopt Zimbra when it can so easily be bought up and shut down without the possibility of being taken over by the community? 
Please reform your license ASAP, this is a most urgent issue that should be taken seriously, your client's are at risk. |
I don't think there will be license changes, after all, Zimbra had much more sane license before Yahoo aquisition. YPL is like badgeware GPL, while ZPL was badgeware MPL.
Luckily, quite advanced and stable server side Zimbra was released under MPL until Yahoo came in. That code plus Zimbra toolkit should be enough for an exit strategy if worse happens. Yep, that will be 6 months to a year of intensive work to get where Zimbra is now, but, what the hell.....could be very much worth the trouble.